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Author
Publisher
Dietz Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"On the edge of the vast continent the English called Virginia, in a forelorn settlement named Jamestown, America's Christmas celebration began to take shape. For two centuries, Christmas was largely a Virginia phenomenon. The holiday did not even exist in England but in colonial Virginia, Christmas meant a fornight of festivities; lavish feasts, prodigous drinking, fox hunts, dancing, games, music and decorated churches and homes. In the 19th century,...
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