Grace Kidder
How a Typo Created a Christmas Staple: NORAD's Santa Tracker
How did a military organization come to be the leading authority on Santa's whereabouts?
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Grace Kidder
- Dec 18, 2020
- 2 min
Wassail: The Holiday Drink with a Surprise Meaning
It wasn't until the 1500s that the word was used to refer specifically to a hot drink served around Christmas.
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Grace Kidder
- Dec 11, 2020
- 2 min
"Boodle" and Its Connection to "Whole Kit and Caboodle"
"Boodle" is one of those words that definitely sounds made up (well, technically all words are made up, but you know what I mean).
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Grace Kidder
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
Widdershins and Deasil
The word "widdershins" is a combination of the old German terms widar (meaning "back" or "against") and sinnen (meaning "to travel").
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Grace Kidder
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
Go Forth and Be Gruntled!
You may think that the term "gruntle" was a word first and the prefix "dis-" was added to create the opposite meaning.
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