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| − | '''''Grampa's Christmas Origins''''' is a series of short comic stories which appear in ''[[The Simpsons Winter Wingding]]''. The first stories appeared in the [[The Simpsons Winter Wingding 6|sixth issue]] of the series. | + | '''''Grampa's Christmas Origins''''' is a series of short comic stories which appear in ''[[The Simpsons Winter Wingding]]''. The first stories appeared in the [[The Simpsons Winter Wingding 6|sixth issue]] of the series. The stories are written by [[Eric Rogers]], with one of them (''[[Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Trees|Christmas Trees]]'') being co-written by [[Max Davison]]. |
In the stories, [[Abraham Simpson]] tells his version of how various [[Christmas]] customs came to be, often interweaving his accounts with historical events or works of classic literature. | In the stories, [[Abraham Simpson]] tells his version of how various [[Christmas]] customs came to be, often interweaving his accounts with historical events or works of classic literature. | ||
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| − | {{TB|Grampa tells how Christmas cards originated in Victorian England by greedy | + | {{TB|Grampa tells how Christmas cards originated in Victorian England by a greedy industrialist who discovered the money-making potential of greeting cards, and then created a greeting card empire by exploiting street urchins for their cheap labor.}} |
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{{TB|''[[Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Lights|Christmas Lights]]''}} | {{TB|''[[Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Lights|Christmas Lights]]''}} | ||
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| − | {{TB|}} | + | {{TB|Grampa's take on Christmas lights has the custom being started inadvertently in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico, by two stranded Rigellians trying to create a beacon so they could be picked up and taken home.}} |
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{{TB|''[[Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Eggnog|Christmas Eggnog]]''}} | {{TB|''[[Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Eggnog|Christmas Eggnog]]''}} | ||
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| − | {{TB|}} | + | {{TB|According to Grampa, eggnog comes from the eggs of an animal called the noggy. When Santa discovered that the eggs gave him super powers, he began drinking them every year so he would have the energy to make his deliveries.}} |
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{{TB|''[[Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Trees|Christmas Trees]]''}} | {{TB|''[[Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Trees|Christmas Trees]]''}} | ||
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| − | {{TB|}} | + | {{TB|Grampa tells how Marco Polo brought back a bunch of fireworks from China as Christmas presents for his friends. The fireworks were accidentally all set off at once, lighting up the tree under which Polo had buried them, and the custom of people lighting up trees during Christmas was born.}} |
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Grampa's Christmas Origins is a series of short comic stories which appear in The Simpsons Winter Wingding. The first stories appeared in the sixth issue of the series. The stories are written by Eric Rogers, with one of them (Christmas Trees) being co-written by Max Davison.
In the stories, Abraham Simpson tells his version of how various Christmas customs came to be, often interweaving his accounts with historical events or works of classic literature.
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