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Christmas in Wartime Origins and Reminiscences
Dear Young People recalls Christmas origins and the Nativity, tracing dates and customs from early church history to Civil War wartime hardships. The piece notes varied proposed birth dates, eclipse evidence, and regional practices, interwoven with memories of soldiers, guns, and holiday scarcity during 1862-63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Christ
Palestine
Lord of Lords
Behiold
David
Christ the Lord
Bethlehem
Dionysius the Small
Rome
Jesus
Herod, the Great
Matt
Augustine
Clement of Alexandria
Patrick Lowery
Julian I
Church of the West
Moses
Scandinavia
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Fredericksburg
Lee
Burnside
Mississippi River
Gay
Hannah
Dicy