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It's Christmas! Welcome to the 25th of December, 2023 show.
On today's show, you'll get a sampling of how the Christmas holiday was observed and celebrated in Greenwich, Connecticut's history.
A group of a dozen newsboys in 1908 were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Green in Belle Haven. "They invited a dozen little newsboys of whom they knew to share their Christmas tree with them."
In Greenwich Life As It Is-And Was, local columnist Lucian Edwards wrote about the "Christmas Season" a century ago in 1923, focusing on the grocery firm Cohen Brothers, "which became one of the most democratic places of business in town, multimillionaires rubbing elbows with the humblest customers, and the courteous attention that each received..."
In 1928, Ten Acres -where Cardinal Stadium and Greenwich High School are today -was opened to the public for ice-skating.
Also in 1928, artist and author Whitman Bailey wrote about Christmas-Tide in the Eighties (1880s) at Indian Field, Greenwich, specifically at the Ephraim Mead house near Bruce Park.
Saving is popular, reported the Greenwich News in 1914, citing the success of the Greenwich Trust Company's Christmas Club accounts.
Charles A. Moore of Round Hill did not let a thief of who stole prized chickens get in the way of looking after the wife and her five five children on Christmas.
On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1910, the people of Greenwich learned that the town government accepted a generous gift from Mrs. Rebecca Witherell -the widow of the late Nathaniel Witherell- comprising The Nathaniel Witherell Memorial Pavilion.
You’ve come to the right place to learn about the history of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, one of America's most extraordinary communities.
We’ll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.
I'm Jeffrey Bingham Mead, your host. Thank you for listening to the weekly podcast released on Tuesdays.
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