Colonial Williamsburg Christmas: Celebrating Classic Traditions and the Spirit of the Holiday

(By The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

Read Ebook
×

Size	21 MB (21,080 KB)
Format	PDF
Downloaded	584 times
Last checked	8 Hour ago!
Author	The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

“Book Descriptions: “Christmas is come, hang on the pot,Let spits turn round, and ovens be hot;Beef, pork, and poultry, now provide,To feast thy neighbours at this tide;Then wash all down with good wine and beer,And so with mirth conclude the YEAR.”So wrote an anonymous poet in the 1765 edition of the Virginia Almanack, published in Williamsburg. Drawing on eighteenth-century traditions, Colonial Williamsburg has become famous for its celebrations of the Christmas season. In Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area—and in the pages of this lavishly illustrated book—you’ll find wreaths and roping crafted from greenery, fruit, and other natural materials; boards groaning under the weight of holiday fare; cressets warming the streets and candles flickering in the windows of the town’s homes and taverns; fireworks lighting up such iconic buildings as the Capitol and the Governor’s Palace. In colonial times and today, Christmas in Williamsburg not a day but a season—and one this book lets you experience throughout the year.”

Colonial Williamsburg Christmas: Celebrating Classic Traditions and the Spirit of the Holiday

Witchcraft in Colonial Virginia

Beowulf

Meet Claudie (American Girl® Historical Characters)

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Agnes Grey

The Woman in White

The Half-Life of Marie Curie