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Gulf Coast Texas Christmas memories going back to 1680. Yet so many hundreds of people keep telling me that NO ONE shuold live on the gulf coast because we have occasional storms. Been here since 1973, have NEVER had damage to our house from hurricanes Alicia, Ike, Rita, Katrina, etc. Last night Michigan had 60 MPH winds, trees down, power out, plus blizzard. That beats any natural disaster we have ever had in our little town on the gulf coast. And Cedar Rapids Iowa had a flood much worse than any we have ever had here in our little town. Yet people keep telling me that no one should be allowed to live here!
1 posted on 12/29/2008 7:10:29 AM PST by buffyt
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To: buffyt

Bump for later read. Thanks! :)


2 posted on 12/29/2008 7:27:14 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ('Taking the moderate path of appeasement leads to abysmal defeat.' - Rush on 11/05/08)
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Galveston is a beautiful place. And I have yet to hear anyone say no one should be allowed to live (insert location here). I HAVE heard lots of folks say that not one dime of tax money should be spent rebuilding, say, New Orleans. I would agree with that.

Otherwise very interesting post.


4 posted on 12/29/2008 7:36:46 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: buffyt

IMO, this article is mis-titled. It contains only one reference to a Christmas event during colonial days, and it wasn’t held in one of the colonies.

It’s been a while since I studied this, but IIRC, in general, Christmas wasn’t celebrated in the colonies. It was taught by many of the protestant preachers that it was not a Christian holiday.

That’s probably an over-generalization, but that’s my memory of what I’ve read.


5 posted on 12/29/2008 8:13:42 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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as an unusually honest History professor told me when I was in school...

“The United States used to experience a very deep and sustained economic recession on a regular, cyclical basis. It was called Winter!”


6 posted on 12/29/2008 8:39:29 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: buffyt

Very interesting post, buffyt. When I was researching my book, Christmas was mentioned several times in letters of ancestors, etc. On Christmas Day 1838, the Cherokee on the trail of tears forded a frozen stream singing Christmas hymms. Some years after the CW, a ‘cousin’ writes about “Santy Claus” being so poor that year. I was surprised to find Santa Claus was so much a part of the culture even then.

http://jesusweptanamericanstory.blogspot.com/


8 posted on 12/29/2008 8:55:11 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
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To: buffyt
See also The History of Christmas in America
10 posted on 12/29/2008 9:51:13 AM PST by DouglasKC
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