Article about Christmas by Joseph Conforti, director of American and New England

Authors

Joseph Conforti

Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

12-19-1993

Pages

1C, 6C

Abstract

Article about Christmas by Joseph Conforti, director of American and New England Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Conforti says that early New Englanders were prohibited from celebrating the holiday, and the area did not embrace the idea of Christmas until the second half of the 19th century.

Subjects

Christmas, Conforti, Joseph

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