Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Carols/References
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Cultural references
- The "origin" portion of the story takes place during the plague pandemic, commonly referred to as the Black Death, which peaked in Europe during the middle of the fourteenth century.
- Grampa's account has Christmas caroling deriving from the custom of wassailing, which is essentially correct.
- The group of wassailers first recite, and later sing, the carol "Here We Come A-wassailing".
Trivia
- Except for Grampa, Bart and Lisa, all of the characters in the story appear as 14th-century versions of themselves.
- According to Grampa's narration, the story takes place in Europe. The location is not further specified.
- The characters in the group of wassailers are the same as in The Be Sharps.
