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Dickens Returned Xmas to Medieval Roots

By Robin Bates | Published: December 22, 2016

Dickens’s “Christmas Carol” didn’t so much invent Christmas as we have come to know it as take it back to its medieval roots.

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Our Christmas Owes Much to Walter Scott

By Robin Bates | Published: December 23, 2015

While Charles Dickens can be credited with resurrecting Christmas, Sir Walter Scott paved the way in “Marmion” with his depiction of Christmas and pre-Christmas banquets.

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Mitt Weaves a Tangled Web of Deceit

By Robin Bates | Published: October 8, 2012

Mitt Romney’s “tangled web” entraps Obama and recalls Sir Walter Scott.

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