Hometown Tradition: The Christmas Parade
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 21, 2017
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a tradition that has been happening in hometowns for a long time: the annual Christmas parade... (Read More)
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Old Time Christmas Drink & Sweets Recipes
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on December 20, 2017
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find our ancestors’ Christmas recipes... (Read More)
Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Helps Reinvent Christmas
By Tony Pettinato on December 19, 2017
An article about Charles Dickens and his enduring Christmas classic, “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.”.. (Read More)
The Background of ‘The Christmas Song’
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 19, 2017
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about “The Christmas Song,” the enduring holiday classic written by Mel Torme and Bob Wells in 1945... (Read More)
Trimming the Tree: Your Ancestors’ Christmas Decorations
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 22, 2016
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about how our ancestors decorated their Christmas trees... (Read More)
Food in the Trenches: Christmas Menus during the World Wars
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 15, 2016
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn what Christmas dinner our soldiers were served during WWI and WWII... (Read More)
Family Holiday Traditions
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 2, 2015
An article about the Crouch family of Virginia and the Holt family of Georgia exchanging a fruit cake every Christmas – for 57 years!.. (Read More)
A 1941 News Article Reminds Us of the Real Meaning of Christmas
By Duncan Kuehn on December 19, 2014
In this article, Duncan Kuehn shares a story about one man’s discovery in 1941 about the meaning of Christmas... (Read More)
A 1930s Secret Santa: the Christmas Story of Mr. B. Virdot
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 18, 2014
Introduction: In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about a wonderful Christmas story from the midst of the Great Depression: one man in Canton, Ohio, decided to do something to help his struggling neighbors that Christmas. And he did it anonymously. Gena is a genealogist and author of the book... (Read More)
