Christmas with the Farmers' Almanac

Their traditional pointed hats were ripped off and placed on child-like elves. Santa’s camp was moved from Holland to the North Pole, and the shamanic Sami practice of entering dwellings through the chimney (to distribute psychotropic mushrooms) was adapted for his use. He changed the colour of his costume to match the iconic red and white of the S

George Washington declared a Thanksgiving Day in February 1795. John Adams declared one in 1798 and one in 1799. Thomas Jefferson chose not to declare any. It wasn’t until 1863—the middle of the Civil War—that Abraham Lincoln, in an effort to unify the fractured nation, proclaimed the last Thursday of every November a national holiday.