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cnd	Origins: Breakin up Christmas (8)	RE: Breakin up Christmas	08 Apr 21
You can read more about the history of the song here Paul Brown investigated the tune in detail in 1997; though his original recording seems to be unavailable (at least that I can find), you can hear modernized versions here and here Fiddle Hangout has a great discussion about the song and traditions behind it here As for the dancing, you can see a version of the dance here, though my understanding is that it was more or less called as the caller felt it and that though there may be a standard set of moves, the dance varied a bit each time.

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