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December History: Key West

by Kate Dolan | Dec 19, 2017 | Articles, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Pirates and the Caribbean, Travel

This year everyone may be trying to find the perfect ugly Christmas sweater, but popular winter fashions certainly change with time. One winter about 150 years ago, instead of ugly Christmas sweaters or Santa hats, the women of Key West all wanted red shawls. At that...

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