Christmas Traditions Explained

My friend Elizabeth (also referred to around here as "Splitter") has a humble little blog. I love reading her stuff, and she updates nearly every day. She's been writing a very cool series of posts about Christmas and where our traditions come from, because, as she says, "If I'm going to participate in holiday traditions and at the same time try to post Jesus' Name all over them, I should probably understand what it is I'm doing." You can read the first post here. And also check out these other goodies that she's posted so far:

Why Christians Claim December 25th as Jesus' Birth
Where Did Our American Christmas Traditions Come From?
What Does the Christmas Tree Have to do with Christ?
Why Do I Have to Buy You a Gift?
Santa Who?

Take a look around. (You will definitely learn something.)