Tamara P. Duvall a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] US Christmas "of old"?Ó. [2004/11/24 04:54]
Which brought a question to my > mind... > > 1) US had been settled - mostly - by immigrants from England and > "environs" (now UK), who started pouring in, in mid 17th century, > fleeing religious persecution (how come nobody ever objects to > *atheist* persecution, I wonder <g>)... > > 2) The Christmas tree tradition was imported into England, from > Germany, after the marriage of Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg > (and Gotha <g>), some 200 yrs later (early/mid 19thc); before then, > England had a "yule log" (whatever that is <g>). By which time, US had > been "well divorced" from the "mother country", through a couple of > wars... > Tamara aren't you forgetting the number of german immigrants who settled in the US ? dominique from Paris, france . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
