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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (57827)	12/27/2000 9:05:34 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Poor poor JF. Twist and turn as you will- there is no evidence that Colonial Americans were like Victorians in their Christmas celebrations and I mean NONE- I wonder why you would even argue this. This must be some weird emotional button for you. There is silence also on whether Colonial Americans had cars, and watched Monday Night Football. Silence is indeed relevant. It does not totally PROOVE anything, but there is not a shred of proof for you in it. Silence on a topic can generally be construed to mean that topic was not socially important- since people record socially important events in their diaries and their newspapers. The Victorian Christmas was of social importance- and much was written in both fiction and non-fiction concerning it. Read the literature of the Colonial times, read BEN FRANKLIN- entirely mute on Christmas. We have original works from this time. I would recommend you read a few of the diaries of the time, original sources put into print- with copies of the originals in the books.