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Parker Lecture - Christmas Traditions in Boston
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Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (246 Market Street)Dates & Times
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The Parker Lecture Series continues with a presentation by Anthony Sammarco titled "Christmas Traditions of Boston" at the Visitor Center theater on Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event is free and free parking is available in the nearby visitor center lot at 304 Dutton Street.
In 1659, the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony banned by law the celebration of Christmas as it was deemed to be a time of seasonal excess with no Biblical authority. Though repealed in 1681, it would not be until 1856 that Christmas Day became a state holiday in Massachusetts. In this book Christmas Traditions in Boston, Anthony Sammarco outlines the celebration (or lack thereof) of Christmas in the first two centuries after the city was settled in 1630. During the next century, Boston would see caroling and hand bell ringing on Beacon Hill, a Nativity scene and other traditional New England displays on Boston Common and in the many department stores, as well as the once popular Enchanted Village of Saint Nicholas at Jordan Marsh, New England’s largest store. Christmas Traditions in Boston revisits the memories of the past and brings together the shared tradition of how Bostonians celebrated the holiday season. Anthony Mitchell Sammarco is a noted historian and author of over sixty books on the history and development of Boston.
This presentation is part of the Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Series.
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Lowell National Historical Park9789705000
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