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Briefly traces the development of Christmas traditions in America, and describes Christmas weddings, holiday preparations, Santa Claus, and Christmas trees
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Hard work gave way to the season of joy as the early settlers looked forward to celebrating Christmas. From the first meager Christmas celebrated in the wilderness to the holiday traditions of settlers living in early towns, this enchanting book describes:• how settlers observed the religious occasion• decorations before the Christmas tree became popular• wreaths, garlands, mistletoe, and kissing boughs• parlour games, pantomimes, ghost stories• the changing faces of Santa Claus• Trapping or buying Christmas dinner?• different settlers, different ways of celebration
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