As I've been told many times, it was Charles Dickens that defined our modern perceptions of what is a traditional British Christmas.
His tale, "A Christmas Carole", set the standard in regards to serving Christmas Goose, and Christmas Pudding, and cold snowy Christmas Nights singing carols around a fire.
The idealized notions of John Lennon also pervade the nation as one of its most favored sons.
In response to this new "tradition", the people running Facebook in London started a campaign to have the #1 Christmas song be "Killing in the Name of" by Rage against the Machine.
And it was. . .
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