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Wrapping Paper
Christmas Past
English - December 09, 2016 15:09 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 746 ratingsHistory winter christmas holiday holidays nostalgia season seasonal xmas yule yuletide Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The appearance of festive gift wrap in stores is one of the first signs that the Christmas season is here. But wrapping Christmas gifts is a relatively new custom.
In this episode of Christmas Past, we learn about the surprisingly interesting history of wrapping paper, with some help from Pat Lavin of the Framingham History Center.
Corey Constable, host of the Omitted podcast, shares a Christmas memory.
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