Show Christinas Marked In Early Colonies By Feasting Early American colonies along the Atlantic seaboard could have been located on different so far as their Christmas celebrations were Many of the customs of England were followed by the southern colonies of Maryland and Here the Christmas was a holiday in the true sense of the Feasting and merrymaking were but religious worship and prayer were not In sharp contrast to this happy celebration was the manner in which Christmas was marked in New Puritan leaders did their best to create a different conception of the Celebrations were declared pagan in and it was believed such rites were out of keeping with the true spirit of the Their efforts were overcome after a number of years and New England yuletides gradually assumed a character more like those of old Christmas in the middle colonies of New New Pennsylvania and Delaware was celebrated in the manner that the colonists followed in their countries of In addition to these colonies were populated by people from Holland and The for brought to America the custom of using the Christmas but the Quakers of Philadelphia limited their observance to religious Family reunions marked the season In both the middle and southern Houses were crowded with welcome guests who were treated to the best of wines and Along the frontier Christmas was a season of active merrymaking which in places verged on As time went Christmas in the various sections pf the became fused until there is today a considerable similarity of tices throughout the United |