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(L-R) Bing Crosby, Phoebe Bridgers, Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald. Paramount Pictures/Dan Tuffs/Alamy Stock Photo/Studio Publicity/Heritage Image Partnership Ltd

The enduring wartime spirit that powers classic Christmas songs

Songs that evoked holidays “just like the ones I used to know” tugged at the heartstrings of a nation receptive to the idea of a nostalgic past rather than a fragile present.
Men and boys, many dressed as women, attacking a turnpike gate in protest at charges at tollgates on public roads in west Wales. The Illustrated London News, 1843. World History Archive/Alamy

Why men in 19th century Wales dressed as women to protest taxation

The Rebecca riots saw Welsh farmers disguised as women destroy tollgates as a way of challenging what they believed was an oppressive taxation system.