Some holiday traditions date back thousands of years, while others are thanks to a marketing campaign from Col. Sanders.

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Some celebrants, though, have more unusual ways of honoring the spirit ... a recent Times questionnaire asking readers about their traditions revealed ones of similarly murky origins.