Weirdest American Holiday Traditions
| December 19, 2018
Christmas in July
Some people love Christmas so much that they replicate the holiday in the summer. The Christmas in July tradition started at a summer camp for girls in North Carolina in 1933. Camp organizers wanted to give campers something unique to focus on for their week away, so they organized caroling, decorated Christmas trees, and made fake snow out of cotton. Since then, the tradition has been adopted by ardent Christmas-lovers, who use it as an opportunity to get more use out of their themed clothing and decorations.
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