RealClearHistory Week of December 22, 2025 Archives

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Monday, December 22

The President Who Started 2 Lasting Christmas Traditions

Editors Coolidge Review

The Sailor Who Saved 123 Sailors in the Battle of Coral Sea

Allen Frazier Military

The Century of History Shaping the Debate Over GLP-1s

Zachary W. Schulz Time

Who Was Humphrey of "Humphrey’s Executor"?

Lawrence Siskind To Put It Bluntly

The First Christmas Tree

Alison Barnes History Today

Is 'A Christmas Carol' an Anti-Slavery Story?

Lucy Whitehead The Conversation

What Is the Christian Holiday of Epiphany?

Dave Roos HISTORY

Everything You Want to Know About Trench Warfare

Simeon Netchev WHE

Mary, Queen of Scots' Final Words on Display

Sarah Kuta Smithsonian

The Dark Assassins Who Nearly Ended the Crusades

James Osborne HistoryExtra

Watch: The Rise & Fall of Civilizations Over 5,000 Years

Colin Marshall Open Culture

The Grim Reason Romans Couldn’t Defend Hadrian’s Wall

Sarah Knapton Telegraph

How Ships Helped Civilizations Survive the Bronze Age

Abdul Moeed Greek Reporter

Sacred Rock Covered With Petroglyphs Repatriated After 14 Years

Staff AP

New Exhibition: The Soldier and the Revolutionary War

Mark Yost WSJ

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, December 24

The President Who Started 2 Lasting Christmas Traditions

Editors Coolidge Review

How Father Christmas Found His Reindeer

Alexander Lee History Today

What Was Christmas Like in Medieval Times?

Mark Cartwright WHE

The Hanukkah Story Reminds Us to Celebrate Cultural Diversity

Staff LA Times

Why is Christmas Celebrated on December 25?

Catherine Messier Providence

Hanukkah: A Military Victory and a Miracle of Light

Joshua Shanes The Conversation

Was Christmas Moved to Eclipse Rome's Saturnalia Festival?

Staff NatGeo

What is the Meaning of Kwanzaa?

Staff Britannica

How Judith Became the Hanukkah Heroine

Elizabeth Yuko HISTORY

The History Behind the 'Christmas Orange'

Staff FOX 13 Tampa Bay

The Fragmented Ghosts of Christmas Past

Alastair Paynter Bow of Odysseus

The History of Snowmen Isn’t All Jolly. The Frosty Facts

Karen Norris The Monitor

100 Years of Wild, Memorable Rockettes Costumes

Ashley Fetters Maloy WaPo

A History of Christmas Traditions

Mark McGinness The Catholic Herald

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, December 26

A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire

Katherine Kelaidis History Today

Opinion | What Would Surprise Jesus About Christmas 2025?

Nicholas Kristof NYT

How ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Became a Classic

Dave Roos HISTORY

How How the Grinch Stole Christmas Stole Christmas

Bilge Ebiri Vulture

The President Who Started 2 Lasting Christmas Traditions

Editors Coolidge Review

On Bali, the Holiday Vibe Masks Memories of a Massacre

Staff NYT

The Man Who Led a Guerrilla Army Behind Japanese Lines

Allen Frazier Military.com

The American Revolution on the Brink – Dec 1776

Charlton Allen American Thinker

The Importance of the Battle of Antietam

Mike Shekleton War on the Rocks

The American Held in an Irish Internment Camp — Twice

Richard Sisk Military Times

The Radical Wartime Diet that Saved Britain in World War II

Clive Irving NatGeo

Captured Weapons of the Reich: Photo Essay

Kevin M. Hymel Warfare History Network

The History That Suggests an AI Bubble

Bernard Koch & David Peterson Time

The Oldest Restaurant in the World Just Turned 300

Aileen Weintraub Smithsonian

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News