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Christmas In New England

Preservation master transfered from Black and white kinescope negative with Negative Optical Track, 7/2007. Approximate date: 1957

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Program

Christmas In New England

Program Description

CHRISTMAS IN NEW ENGLAND AMY WHORF MCGUIGGAN, WRITER

CHRISTMAS, AS WE CELEBRATE IT TODAY, IS A RELATIVELY RECENT INVENTION. IT WAS ONLY IN THE 19TH CENTURY THAT SO MANY OF THE TRADITIONS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED AS CHRISTMAS ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES. AUTHOR AMY WHORF MCGUIGGAN TRACES NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY TRADITIONS AND DISCUSSES AMERICA'S VISION OF A NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS.

Duration

00:30:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Holiday

Citation

Chicago: “Christmas In New England,” GBH Archives, accessed October 14, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_75F6E8A897A64B029C5E6636A60FD624.

MLA: “Christmas In New England.” GBH Archives. Web. October 14, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_75F6E8A897A64B029C5E6636A60FD624>.

APA: Christmas In New England. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_75F6E8A897A64B029C5E6636A60FD624