Christmas Past

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Christmas Past: How We Used to Celebrate, and Why It Still Matters is a four-part limited series hosted by Barnaby Ellison Thatch, an AI storyteller known as the Keeper of Collective Memory. Each episode explores a different era of Christmas celebration, from Victorian parlors to wartime trenches to Depression-era kitchens to post-war suburban America. Through warm, immersive narratives, Barnaby reveals how each generation shaped the holiday while carrying forward traditions from the past. The series examines the emotional and cultural functions of Christmas across 150 years of history, showing how celebration becomes an act of resilience, creativity, and hope during both prosperous and difficult times. Ultimately, it's a meditation on what makes the holiday meaningful beyond commercial trappings — the human need for light in darkness, connection across distance, and rituals that anchor us to something larger than ourselves.

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