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Discover where Christmas traditions came from at this weekend event

Here's a hint: It's got a lot to do with Queen Victoria.

Performers with the Northeast Georgia History Center reenact Victorian England during a Christmas show at the center. Photo courtesy NGHC.

12052019 VICTORIAN 1.jpg — Performers with the Northeast Georgia History Center reenact Victorian England during a Christmas show at the center. Photo courtesy NGHC.

Sure, you could do your regular Christmas festivities around town: Go cut down a Christmas tree, visit Santa Claus, design your Christmas card. Or, you could travel back in time to the 19th century and learn the origins of many of those traditions.