Today, we're embracing the festive spirit by exploring a topic very dear to me – the joy of genealogy research during the Christmas season.
Category - Famous Christmases in History
The Internet is Tested for the First Time: Famous Christmases in History #9
The Internet is one of the most amazing and universally useful modern inventions. It is difficult to imagine our lives without it, but it actually has only been in common use by everyday people for...
Apollo 8 Orbits the Moon: Famous Christmases in History #6
The adventure of the Apollo 8 spacecraft on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in 1968 was one that captivated the world. Initially meant to be a simple Earth orbit mission, the mission was changed at...
George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River: Famous Christmases in History #2
A famous Christmas in history was George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas Day in 1776. This crossing is commemorated in a famous painting, as well. It gave the colonial army a...
The Puritans in New England Ban Christmas: Famous Christmases in History #8
The Puritans in the New England colonies, particularly Massachusetts, did not approve of the celebration of Christmas. It was discouraged from the time the colonies were founded, until Massachusetts...
The Birth of Sir Isaac Newton: Famous Christmases in History #7
One particularly famous Christmases in history was the one when Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1642. Isaac is one of the most famous scientists in history, and his birth and subsequent discoveries and...
The WWI Christmas Day Truce: Famous Christmases in History #5
On Christmas Eve in 1914, troops on both sides of the war suddenly stopped fighting each other in a small town in Belgium. They sang Christmas carols to each other, then ventured from their fox holes...
President Johnson Pardons the Confederate Troops: Famous Christmases in History #4
On Christmas Day in 1868, US President Andrew Johnson issued a general pardon to anyone who had fought for or supported the Confederacy in the Civil War, which had ended three years previously. This...
The Treaty of Ghent: Famous Christmases in History #3
The Treaty of Ghent is the treaty that ended the War of 1812. It was signed in the city of Ghent, Belgium, over Christmas of 1814. Americans and the British were both quite happy to put the war...
William the Conqueror in England: Famous Christmases in History #1
Was your ancestor present at an important or famous Christmas Day event in history? It is always fun to be able to connect your family to a famous event or person. One famous Christmas Day event was...