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12 Christmas rituals: Origins of carolling, gift-giving and other fun festive traditions
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Raffles Hotel is one of the few places in Singapore that still has stocks of live Noble fir Christmas trees, imported from Oregon in the US.
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SINGAPORE - Christmas is here, and along with it, decorated trees, gifts, carols and gingerbread men. But what are the origins of the traditions, what do they have to do with the birth of Jesus Christ and why do people give presents?
