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Old 11-12-2018, 09:01 PM   #20
dcarson
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Default Re: Halloween and Other disgraceful Holidays; Memetic Seasonal Warfare.

I read somewhere that "A Visit from St. Nicholas" aka "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore was part of a early 1800s memetic campaign by various authors and public figures to change Christmas from a drunken party to a family oriented holiday.
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