How cozy Yuletide traditions got their start with raging parties and animal sacrifice ^64.7%

KUOW Public Radio - By Natalie Escobar - 12/24/2025, 6:34 PM

On a chilly December night in Sandy Spring, Md., dozens of people crammed into the Woodlawn Manor for a Victorian-era Yuletide dance lesson, the wood floors creaking under the uncertain steps of 21st-century people learning 19th-century English country dances. "Every good party has dancing," said Angela Yau, a historical interpreter for... more