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A Colonial Christmas – Hands On History
What was Christmas like in Colonial times? Close your eyes. When you picture Christmas in your mind, what do you see? Jesus as a baby in a stable? Christmas lights? Beautiful trees covered with decorations? Food? Family? Friends? Santa? And PRESENTS ?!?!? What if I told you that there was a time in our country’s history that a child might have answered like this: A fabulous feast of fish, flesh, and fowl! In the year 1608, Captain John Smith wrote this, “The next night being lodged at Kecoughtan; six or seaven dayes the extreame winde, rayne, frost and snow caused us to keep Christmas among the Salvages, where we were never…
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Christmas School
****Christmas School**** Hello Friends! It’s been awhile… Is it already November? The warmth and joy of the holidays are just beginning to stir in our home. The Christmas music is playing, the candles are flickering, the first baking has begun. I’m sipping some hot, spicy tea and making lists. This week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. Does that sound odd? The week before Thanksgiving is kind of the calm before the storm. It’s a lovely week to me. There’s still time to sit and reflect, and make preparations for all the sweet memories yet to be made in the swirl of the next month. …
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