Kisah Martin Luther memulai tradisi adalah sebuah mitos; kisah sebenarnya dimulai 350 tahun kemudian – dan hadiah Natal dipopulerkan oleh penjual buku yang cerdas.
- Lecturer in Studies in Western Religious Traditions, The University of Queensland
The story of Martin Luther starting the tradition is a myth; the real story started 350 years later – and presents were popularised by savvy booksellers.
We tend to romanticise the Christmas season, that time of year when we gather with friends and family, feast and be merry. But for most of its history Christmas has been a time of sordid behaviour.
What we regard today as scientific evidence can trace its roots back to the ancient art of persuasion.
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