Thursday, December 22, 2022

Holiday spirits and Christmas taped talks

"Merry Christmas to All!!"
Image from Clement Moore's A Visit from Saint Nicholas. 1862

Christmas taped talks: Tudor; Victorian; Wartime - Am Rev, Civil War, WWII; PA German; how slaves were really treated on Christmas; 400 years at sea, many more.

Sunday, December 11, 2022

Marking King George II dishes with the cook's name

This story from 1827, in The Table Book, was copied for years.