by Kate Dolan | Dec 9, 2015 | Articles, Colonial America, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency
These days we don’t tend to think of monsters during the Christmas season, but back before we had the option of watching Elf or A Christmas Story on TV every night, we humans satisfied our need for entertainment by sharing Christmas stories around the fire....
by Kate Dolan | Dec 7, 2012 | Articles, Holidays, Latest Posts, Living History
It took me by surprise. I was viewing a gingerbread town Christmas display at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs and there, right next to the chocolate bison, was a gingerbread graveyard. The sweet, innocent, childlike associations of frosted gingerbread fit our image...