Christmas in Greenville in the 1890s

Record #:

22824

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Christmas in the 1890s was very different than it is today. While eating oysters and turkey for Christmas dinner, people enjoyed various social activities with firecrackers blasting along with the fun.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Dec 9-22 1992, p13

Subject(s):

Christmas--Pitt County; Christmas--Observances; Pitt County--History--Christmas--Customs