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Show Christmas Mark In Early Coloi By Jollity, Fca Early American colonies al Atlantic seaboard could ha located on different contine far as their Christmas celet were concerned. Many of the customs of E were followed by the southei nies of Georgia, Carolina, M; and Virginia. Here the Ch i season was a holiday in tl e sense of the word. Feastii g merrymaking were common, u ligious worship and prayer w re forgotten. In sharp contrast to this m celebration was the manner it w Christmas was marked ii England. Puritan leaders di 1 1 best to create a different i w tion of the day. Celebration i 1 declared pagan in origin, and It believed such rites were out c i ing with the true spirit of tli i Their efforts were overcomf ; a number of years and Nev ; land yuletides gradually assu r. character more like those if England. Christmas in the middle c k of New York, New Jersey, P sylvania and Delaware wai i brated in the manner that i e onists followed in their count if origin. In addition to England t colonies were populated by r from Germany, Holland an ! den. The Germans, for ex it brought to America the cus rt using the Christmas tree, t rt Quakers of Philadelphia :i their observance to religiou: e monies. Family reunions marked tifc son in both the middle and sopt colonies. Houses were crowd welcome guests who were ft to the best of fowls, win sweetmeats. I Along the frontier Christmjs a season of active merrynla which In places verged on to ism. I As time went on, Christifa the various sections of the cl( became fused until there isjt a considerable similarity oft ! tices throughout the United Sta |