When people think of New York, they often picture bright lights, busy streets, and maybe a giant Christmas tree glowing in the middle of it all.
But long before the Rockefeller Center crowds and holiday window displays, New York quietly helped launch — and inspire — some of the Christmas traditions and holiday experiences people still love today.
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Mistletoe
Take mistletoe, for example.
That awkward-but-beloved holiday staple made its way to America thanks to the author Washington Irving from Sleepy Hollow. He told the story of the English custom in “The Sketch Book,” published in 1820…