Discovering America's Past: Customs, Legends, History & Lore of Our Great NationReader's Digest Association, 1993 - 400 ページ Featuring special sections on bizarre, delightful, and amazing aspects of our nation's unique past, these 450+ surprising but absolutely true stories examine America's history, not through its great moments, but by way of the foibles and folkways that built its character. 700 illus. and photos. |
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... tree into the holiday would be regarded as sheer paganism . For while Christ- mas trees were by then part of the festivities in some households , Schwan's was the first tree ever to appear in an American church . Even as late as 1883 ...
... tree into the holiday would be regarded as sheer paganism . For while Christ- mas trees were by then part of the festivities in some households , Schwan's was the first tree ever to appear in an American church . Even as late as 1883 ...
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... trees , " and on the high plains of Colorado , families made do with cottonwoods . Christmas trees was such that the state of Maine alone was harvesting some 1.5 million balsam firs every year . All those trees were collected from the ...
... trees , " and on the high plains of Colorado , families made do with cottonwoods . Christmas trees was such that the state of Maine alone was harvesting some 1.5 million balsam firs every year . All those trees were collected from the ...
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... trees . As early as 1700 , city fathers decreed that every householder must plant one or more trees so that the town would be shaded from summer sun " and thereby be rendered more healthy . " New York followed suit eight years later ...
... trees . As early as 1700 , city fathers decreed that every householder must plant one or more trees so that the town would be shaded from summer sun " and thereby be rendered more healthy . " New York followed suit eight years later ...
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