Editing Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Carols/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The "origin" portion of the story takes place during the plague pandemic, commonly referred to as the {{w|Black Death}}, which peaked in Europe during the middle of the fourteenth century.
*[[Grampa]]'s account has Christmas caroling deriving from the custom of {{w|wassailing}}, which is essentially correct.
*The group of wassailers first recite, and later sing, the carol "{{w|Here We Come A-wassailing}}".

== Trivia ==
*Except for Grampa, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]], all of the characters in the story appear as 14th-century versions of themselves.
*According to Grampa's narration, the story takes place in Europe. The location is not further specified.
*The characters in the group of wassailers are the same as in [[The Be Sharps]].

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