RESIDENTS OF 18th C.  WILLIAMSBURG
OBSERVED FEAST OF THE NATIVITY

For many colonial Virginians, the Christmas season presented a time of celebration. Colonial Virginians observed the Feast of the Nativity as a holy day, an important religious occasion and a major event in the Anglican Church calendar. Many colonists spent the day quietly in their homes and at the parish church, where attendance for Christmas morning communion was expected.
 

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