Colonial Christmas

America christmas in colonial the religious upheaval known as the reformation divided sixteenthand seventeenth century europeans on many religious issues including the celebration of christian feast days.

Colonial christmas. We do get some of our traditions from colonial days. Sep 30 2020 explore terri wilson balderson s board colonial christmas followed by 584 people on pinterest. Among colonial americans attitudes. See more ideas about primitive christmas christmas decorations primitive decorating.

The nightclothes are simple cottons warm and soft and a baby quietly murmurs from a rocking cradle at mom s feet. Next xmas lit 101. It took almost a century for congress to proclaim it a federal holiday. Colonial christmas was a holiday for adults not a magical day for children.

The european immigrants who settled in the thirteen american colonies brought these controversies with them. Imagine a world without the bustle and pressure of modern society when the family sits together around a huge hearth that adds a trace of warmth and cinnamon to the air. Christmas was so inconsequential in early america that after the revolutionary war congress didn t even bother taking the day off to celebrate the holiday deciding instead to hold its first session on christmas day 1789.