S3E11 Christmas Special

Make sure and check out our Christmas Special for Season 3.  This episode features two very special guest hosts where they discuss much of the history of Christmas in the United States.  Merry Christmas everyone and thank you for being a part of Revolutionary War Rarities.  We are the podcast from the Sons of the American Revolution. A brief list of resources to do further research on the topics mentioned in this episode: Christmas in the Colonies and Early America: “Christmas in Colonial and Revolutionary America” (from Fraunces Tavern) - https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/colonial-christmas The Washingtons and Christmas - https://www.mountvernon.org/the-estate-gardens/mount-vernon-christmas How Christmas became an American Holiday - https://theconversation.com/how-christmas-became-an-american-holiday-tradition-with-a-santa-claus-gifts-and-a-tree-172479 Origins of Santa - https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/origin-of-santa A History of Christmas - https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas Joseph Plumb Martin: About Joseph Plumb Martin - https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/joseph-plumb-martin “Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier” - https://books.google.me/books?id=wz01AwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false