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Holidays

Urban Legends and hoaxes do not take a break when the hoildays come around. But which ones are based on fact? This is the place to find the answer to holiday hoaxes.

Stingy Jack and Jack O'Lanterns star
Who was Stingy Jack of Hallowe'en? How did jack o'lanterns originate? Let us see how our pumpkins of Halloween became today's jack o'lanterns.

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What are the origins of the term "Xmas"? Is it an anti-Christmas statement or merely a convenient shortening of a long word?

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