| Show christmas marked in early colonies by jollity feasting early american colonies along the atlantic seaboard could have been located on different continents so far as their christmas celeb celebrations celebrate rati 0 ns were concerned many of the customs of england were followed by the southern colonies of georgia carolina maryland and virginia here the christmas season was a holiday in the true sense of the word feasting and merrymaking were common but religious worship and prayer were not forgotten in sharp contrast to this happy celebration was the manner in which christmas was marked in new england puritan leaders did their best to create a different conception of the day celebrations were declared pagan in origin and it was believed such rites were out of keeping with the true spirit of the day their efforts were overcome after a number of years and new england yuletides yule tides gradually assumed a character more like those of old england christmas in the middle colonies of new york new jersey pennsylvania and delaware was celebrated in the manner that the colonists followed in their countries of origin in addition to england these colonies were populated by people from germany holland and sweden the germans for example brought to america the custom of using the christmas tree but the quakers of philadelphia limited their observance to religious ceremonies family reunions marked the season in both the middle and southern co lonies colonies houses were crowded with welcome guests who were treated to the best of fowls wines and sweetmeats sweet meats along the frontier christmas was a season of active merrymaking which in places verged on As time went on christmas in the various sections of the colonies became fused until there is today a considerable similarity of practices throughout the united states |
