Friday, February 7, 2020

EPHEMERAL NEW YORK, CHRISTMAS 1882

New from one of our favorite blogs: EPHEMERAL NEW YORK....This is what New York was like at Christmas 1882

During the city’s first 150 or so years, the residents of the colony that would become NY didn’t celebrate Christmas the way we celebrate it now: by buying gifts, decorating a tree, and telling stories about Santa Claus coming down chimneys.

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CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ON FOURTEENTH STREET

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1 comment:

  1. NEAT site. I found a post about a building I have always wondered about. Thanks for the turn-on. I'll be visiting it alot.

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