610 - Holidays: Soccer at Verdun

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Christmas was a pagan holiday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/why-is-christmas-on-dec-25-marketing-pagan-rituals-and-calendar-quirks.html
http://time.com/3643889/christmas-truce-1914/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Congreve

Hannukah
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-hanukkah/2015/12/02/2ea6fc3c-93ae-11e5-8aa0-5d0946560a97_story.html?utm_term=.1057f32fa886

“A Visit from St. Nicholas”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas
http://mentalfloss.com/article/26719/mystery-behind-worlds-most-famous-christmas-poem

Three Wise Men
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120701782.html
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+2%3A1-12&version=NIV
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120701782.html?noredirect=on

Kwanzaa
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/kwanzaa-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa
http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/connect/talk-back/what-is-kwanzaa/

Saint Nicholas
https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-christmas/10-christmas-myths6.htm