Christmas in New England, Second Edition

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This history of the holiday is an endless delight, with stories about all your favorite Christmas traditions, from Mystic to Maine, the Berkshires to Boston.

This history of the holiday is an endless delight, with stories about all your favorite Christmas traditions, from Mystic to Maine, the Berkshires to Boston.Here are some of the more than fifty New England holiday traditions traced and described in this enchanting treasury:

Charles Follen and the Christmas Tree Church

Flying Santa, Silent Santa, and Secret Santa

Rudolph, the Most Famous Reindeer

A Magical Ride on the Polar Express

Louis Prang, Father of the American Christmas Card

Candlelight Strolls at Old Sturbridge Village and Strawbery Banke

A Norman Rockwell Christmas

Capt. James Magee’s Holiday Party

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