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RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-13-2015 08:30 PM
Joe - I love your guesses. Excellent idea - I am sorry to say was a US tree!
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-13-2015 08:33 PM
Is the tree directly related to the Lincolns? Whatever re-enactment, they are brave to have the candles lit (I can't tell if real or electric).
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-13-2015 08:37 PM
No - not directly related to the Lincolns, but to the CW.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-13-2015 08:41 PM
Is this a portion of a photograph from the Mudd House trees that Thomas posted last week?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-13-2015 08:41 PM
Hint #1: It was a southern tree.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-13-2015 08:47 PM
(12-13-2015 08:41 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Hint #1: It was a southern tree.
Either a Christmas exhibit at the White House of the Confederacy? Or, have they ever reenacted the party for orphans that the Jefferson Davis family held late in the war?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-13-2015 08:52 PM
Brilliant ideas, Laurie, but, sorry, neither of these.
Hint #2: Y'all have seen this before.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-13-2015 09:08 PM
You're sure it's not one of the trees in the Mudd House photos? Although, I don't remember them having any antique trees with candles...
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-13-2015 09:41 PM
Very sure. This was supposed to be farther south.
(12-13-2015 08:33 PM)L Verge Wrote: ... they are brave to have the candles lit (I can't tell if real or electric).Real candles, I've checked.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Rogerm - 12-14-2015 02:53 AM
Was this some celebration of Christmas during the Civil War in Atlanta, GA?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-14-2015 05:50 AM
This is an outstanding guess, Roger, and, kudos, this was supposed to be during in Atlanta during the CW! Your terrific guess scores in any case because this is the key, yet the specification is still to be found out
Where in Atlanta was this tree supposed to be?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-14-2015 07:28 AM
Hint #3: The last Madeira was served at the event.
Hint #4: The "reenactment" took place in 1939.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-14-2015 08:37 AM
A "Gone With The Wind" tree???? Here's a picture of Scarlet and the family.
[img]http:// https://www.google.com/search?q=gone+with+the+wind+christmas+tree&client=ms-android-verizon&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHjrmwr9vJAhWD7SYKHXXHCz0Q_AUICCgC#imgrc=7pIsGCZXE3D2rM%3A[/img]
(I think we have a winner!!)
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-14-2015 09:48 AM
Kudos, Joe - precisely the tree stood in Aunt Pittypat's home in Atlanta, where Scarlett went to stay after becoming a widow and where she is courted by Rhett Butler while Ashley, too, returns to Atlanta on leave for Christmas:
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You can watch the scene here (I needed to click several times - went stop&play&stop&play, but then worked, so don't give up too soon):
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-Bwpf2m7Y7h7m4/gone_with_the_wind_1939_christmas_dinner/
Of course, the movie was actually filmed in California...
Thus the score (alphabetic order where equal) is:
Laurie 6
Gene 3
Joe 3
Roger 3
Rogerm 2
Thomas 1
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-14-2015 09:54 AM
Spread out, Roger & Gene. I'm in the #2 spot with you now. Hopefully, I won't be there too long...