Jan 31, 2023 · Fans of the legendary Currier and Ives Christmas cards love the scenes depicting wagons full of cozy people dashing through the snows of yesteryear.

Dec 20, 2024 · Christmas Eve Traditions On Christmas Eve, townspeople would gather for church services, filling the pews with laughter and song. Caroling was common, and hymns would echo through the wooden structures, bringing a sense of peace and hope.

Americans caught the Christmas spirit more fervently than gold fever in the 1800’s. Across America children eagerly awaited visits from Santa Claus as his legend grew thanks to Washington Irving’s Sinterklass adventures described in History of New Yo rk (1809) and Clement Moore’s wildly popular poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (1823).

By the mid-1800s, the American Christmas tradition included much of the same customs and festivities as today, including tree decorating, gift-giving, Santa Claus, greeting cards, stockings by the fire, church activities, and family-oriented days of feasting and fun.

Oct 12, 2009 · Be it 2009 or 1889, people who celebrate it always find a way to recognize this holiday. Whether it be cattlemen stuck on the open range in a snowstorm, fortune seekers in a mining camp or families in a hearth-warmed home on …

Dec 17, 2024 · Well, yes and no. Christmas traditions in the Old West were both similar to modern-day versions and different. Here, we’ll travel back in time to explore the roots of Christmas traditions and how, people expressed their holiday cheer.

Of all the holidays, Christmas evokes the most sensory memories: bells, carols, and lively chatter of fire-warmed gatherings; the rich smells of the kitchen and distinctly festive flavors on the palate; the deep red and green of holly boughs amid constellations of little lights all a’ twinkle.

Dec 21, 2010 · In the Old West in the 1800s the pioneers and cowboys on the prairie celebrated Christmas in much the same ways we do today. There was Santa Claus, presents, holiday decorations and of course the Christmas feast.

Dec 9, 2022 · Have you ever considered cutting out the turkey in your Christmas dinner and instead opting for grizzly bear? Or maybe refusing to buy presents, electing to personally make your loved ones’ gifts? If you have, that’d make you a true pioneer of the Wild West.

Dec 25, 2013 · Christmas in the Old West Christmas dinner for a family, from a series of photos documenting Gen. John J. Pershing's 1916 Punitive Expedition into Mexico. Photo courtesy Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico.