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RE: Merry Christmas!!!! - Susan Higginbotham - 12-28-2016 08:43 PM
There's a pamphlet here which mentions Mary Lincoln buying handkerchiefs on Christmas Eve, apparently for presents.
https://www.nps.gov/liho/upload/Holiday-Front-and-Back.pdf
In a letter to Eliza Slataper on December 13, 1868, Mary mentions that Tad had some "Christmas remembrances" for Eliza's daughter and a Mrs. Gross that she hoped he would have the opportunity to send.
RE: Merry Christmas!!!! - L Verge - 12-29-2016 12:35 PM
(12-28-2016 08:43 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote: There's a pamphlet here which mentions Mary Lincoln buying handkerchiefs on Christmas Eve, apparently for presents.
https://www.nps.gov/liho/upload/Holiday-Front-and-Back.pdf
In a letter to Eliza Slataper on December 13, 1868, Mary mentions that Tad had some "Christmas remembrances" for Eliza's daughter and a Mrs. Gross that she hoped he would have the opportunity to send.
Great research, Susan. This is more in line with my thinking on the Christmas spirit of Mary Lincoln. I just have to surmise that she practiced quiet Christmas giving while First Lady due to the devastation of the war surrounding them.
RE: Merry Christmas!!!! - Eva Elisabeth - 12-30-2016 07:27 PM
I would think the same, Laurie. I think especially Mary and Tad enjoyed giving others, and that this was perhaps what Xmas meant to them rather than celebrating themselves. Just a feeling.