Blog » Tag: Holidays

  • Colored engraving of a family in old-fashioned clothes standing around a decorated Christmas tree on a table.

    Holiday Season

    December 22nd, 2023
    A brief history of the holiday season in the United States.
  • Newspaper headline baskets full of christmas good cheer

    December 1922

    December 8th, 2023
    Happening in and around Geneva in December 1922 based on local newspapers.
  • Rose Hill Ornament

    How Does Our Holiday Celebration Compare to the Victorians?

    December 17th, 2021
    How Victorian families, like the Swans at Rose Hill, celebrated Christmas
  • Last evening was Halloween, and the boys were out as usual, judging from appearances this morning in some parts of the town, although probably their depredations were not as great owning to the storminess of the night

    More Trick Than Treat: Halloween in 19th Century Geneva

    October 30th, 2019
    Overview of how Genevans celebrated Halloween in the 1800s.

  • Christmas in Geneva 50 Years Ago

    December 19th, 2018
    Christmas shopping based on ads from the November 27, 1968 edition of the Geneva Times.

  • Gift Giving

    December 14th, 2017
    The tradition of gift giving on Christmas.
  • A brown, rounded pudding on a silver tray with a holly sprig inserted in the top and blue flames around the circumference.

    Dickens and the Christmas Pudding

    December 1st, 2017
    Where did the Christmas pudding come from and why don't Americans eat it?

  • Traditions

    November 22nd, 2017
    Traditions for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day often revolve around food, decorations, and locations.
  • view-of-the-first-christmas-card

    Seasons Greetings

    November 23rd, 2016
    A brief history of Christmas cards.

  • Wassail Bowl and Sale

    November 29th, 2015
    Among the greens at the annual Wassail Bowl and Sale will be holly. Believe it or not, hanging holly actually has a long history.

  • Christmas Musings

    December 11th, 2014
    What did you ask for on your Christmas list as a child? People who know me well won’t be surprised to know that every year I asked Santa, and later my parents when it became apparent that Santa didn’t get the message, for a pony. I scoured the Christmas “Wish Book” for rocking horses and asking for one of those with the idea that Santa More »
  • Veiw past old-fashioned cars down a lit street at night. A large sign for the Schine theater is visible.

    Christmas Dreaming

    December 1st, 2014
    Some of my favorite memories are associated with Christmas–the Festival of Lights at Sonnenberg, seeing The Nutcracker at the Smith Opera House and A Christmas Carol at Geva, picking out a new ornament each year for the tree, having Christmas breakfast with my grandparents, and playing “Sleigh Ride” throughout high school for the holiday band concert.

  • History of Christmas

    December 23rd, 2013
    A brief history of the roots of American Christmas.
  • Lithograph of a group of women with a steaming bowl approaching a man and group at an entrance to a building.

    Here We Come A-Wassailing…

    December 5th, 2013
    A brief history of wassail.
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