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Christmas 1860

 Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year carried vastly different meanings in the North and the South in 1860.    By contemporary standards, mid-nineteenth century Christmas celebrations in the United States were low-keyed affairs.  Even in the affluent and sophisticated cities of the East, only a relatively few families had adopted the European customs of having a decorated […]