Bump for later read. Thanks! :)
Galveston is a beautiful place. And I have yet to hear anyone say no one should be allowed to live (insert location here). I HAVE heard lots of folks say that not one dime of tax money should be spent rebuilding, say, New Orleans. I would agree with that.
Otherwise very interesting post.
IMO, this article is mis-titled. It contains only one reference to a Christmas event during colonial days, and it wasn’t held in one of the colonies.
It’s been a while since I studied this, but IIRC, in general, Christmas wasn’t celebrated in the colonies. It was taught by many of the protestant preachers that it was not a Christian holiday.
That’s probably an over-generalization, but that’s my memory of what I’ve read.
as an unusually honest History professor told me when I was in school...
“The United States used to experience a very deep and sustained economic recession on a regular, cyclical basis. It was called Winter!”
Very interesting post, buffyt. When I was researching my book, Christmas was mentioned several times in letters of ancestors, etc. On Christmas Day 1838, the Cherokee on the trail of tears forded a frozen stream singing Christmas hymms. Some years after the CW, a ‘cousin’ writes about “Santy Claus” being so poor that year. I was surprised to find Santa Claus was so much a part of the culture even then.
http://jesusweptanamericanstory.blogspot.com/