"Some Historic Christmas Sites " 
            Christmas Customs (Colonial
Virginia). 
                    http://www.history.org/life/xmas/customs.htm
    "Another Look At Christmas In The Eighteenth Century". 
                    http://www.history.org/life/xmas/xmasqa.htm
    "Christmas, 1861 -1865".   This site has 13 Confederate and 13
Union 
    narratives on the thoughts/experiences of the men during the
Civil War Christmas seasons, taken from their letters, diaries and
memoirs. These accounts make for interesting and informative reading. 
                    http://www.lib.utc.edu/preview/index.html
    "Christmas In The Confederate White House" written by Mrs.
Jefferson 
    Davis. 
                    http://www.access.digex.net/~bdboyle/confed.xmas1.html
    We have a carol with this one. 
                    http://www.civilweek.com/1861/dec2261.htm
    "Christmas In The Irish Regiments Of The Army Of The Potomac" 
                    http://www.the
         wildgeese.com/pages/chrstmas.html 
              "Building New Holiday
Traditions 
                    http://www.ancestry.com/tour/tour2.along.htm

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