Santa’s Civil War Origins
Santa in the Camp: Civil War Christmas You could call it the face that launched a thousand Christmas letters. Appearing on January 3, 1863, in the illustrated magazine Harper’s [...]
Jingle Bells and Its Southern Heritage
A Sleigh Ride in Georgia? At 19 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts, a plaque commemorates the spot where James Lord Pierpont supposedly wrote the popular holiday song, inspired by sleigh [...]