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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
Happy Holidays to some of my favorite history fans on the net! Tis a special Sunday Digest falling so close to such a busy time, and alas it may be going up a bit late, but I’m pretty sure I can be forgiven for being just a bit off once or twice a year. As per our usual we are swimming in fantastic threads, covering a staggering variety of history! So dive on in and enjoy!
Don’t forget to check out the weekly features, upvote and thank all those hard working contributors and lets end the year with a bang!
We start off with the fantastic AMA with Dr. Matthew Gabriele and Dr. David Perry, authors of the new book "The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe" with /u/lollardfish and /u/HaimoOfAuxerre1!
There’s always more books to find in the Thursday Reading and Rec thread!
Then drop by a seasonal Friday Free for All!
A new rule announcement! I saw three rules come sailing in, on Christmas Eve, on Christmas Eve in the morning... Rule changes to question submissions and subreddit recommendations
A fun META was How to Behave at a Holiday Party: Historian Edition
How did r/AskHistorians attract historians and reach its current standards?
What is the relationship between the fields of archaeology and history?
Is it possible to add a "Podcast, documentary and other media "section to the wiki?
And now like a big man with a sack of gifts I must disappear in a puff of Canadian snow, although at least I come round more then once a year! Keep it classy out there everyone, and I’ll see you in the New Year!
Last minute edit: Turns out to may not be as late as I was worried about. Apparently you get lots done when you don’t actually sleep more then 2 hours over the course of a couple of days.
Don’t forget to shout out those interesting yet overlooked questions that still hope to catch the attention of an expert! It’s the last such call out of 2021, so make it count!
/u/HistoryBuffAUS asked Why were the Maori so much more successful against the Europeans than the Aboriginals were?
/u/deep_sea2 asked How did the Bluenose end up on the Canadian dime?
/u/Lindvaettr asked When did kissing until the mistletoe become a Christmas tradition?