Natania Barron is a writer, and does other things. Every week or two, she does a series of tweets called “Thread Talk” and it’s about fashion and culture. Today’s thread is about Christmas, how it wasn’t originally the huge celebration it was, how it became that celebration, and how people dressed.

1 - Welcome to #ThreadTalk! We’re talking #Christmas frippery. 🎄🎀🎅

Fair warning: If you came for an uncomplicated, nostalgic look at this winter celebration, I suggest you take your eggnog & jingle along, Santa baby.

Still with me? Cool. Let’s don our gay apparel & begin! pic.twitter.com/JDXmnGKhq5

— Natania Barron (@NataniaBarron) December 6, 2021

And she meticulously documents the museums/auction houses/etc. where she gets the pictures of fabulous dresses and other items from. Anyway, I do love her Thread Talks, so am sharing with everyone.

On a personal note, my mother used to complain when I was a girl that up until Christmas it was Advent, NOT Christmas, and it wasn’t properly Christmas until Christmas Day, and the celebration kept going until Epiphany on January 6 (which also happens to be her birthday). She really had a thing about Christmas going for those 12 days, which may have been to spice up Christmas leftovers, but hey…