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Happy Holidays from Seemingly Unrelated! We're here just ahead of Santa Claus himself to look into the rise and fall of that seemingly most festive food of all, chestnuts.
Are chestnuts roasting on an open fire actually a holiday tradition? Who in God's name is St. Martin and what does he have to do with caroling? Were people really able to pay their taxes with chestnuts?
Settle in round the fire and have a listen to find out these answers and more!
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‘The Story Behind ’The Christmas Song’ : NPR’. Accessed 16 December 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20200523021136/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/572408088.
Why Don’t We Roast Chestnuts Anymore?, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3Ro6yKiZc.
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