Winter Holidays and Christmas - Women's History

Winter Holiday Quotes by Women
Christmas quotes, Hanukkah quotes, and other winter holiday quotes from notable women.

Winter Holiday Albums by Female Artists
For the holidays, why not enjoy hearing women musicians on these single- and multi-artist albums?

Over the River and Through the Wood...
The author of the 1844 poem, "A Boy's Thanksgiving," is not well known today, but in her time, Lydia Maria Child was a well-known writer of novels, advice books, and anti-slavery tracts.

Colonial Christmases
How did the colonial New Englanders celebrate Christmas? The answer, from Alice Morse Earle writing in 1903, may surprise you.

Little Women at Christmas
Louisa May Alcott describes a Civil War Christmas.

First Ladies at Christmas
Images of First Ladies celebrating Christmas from 1962 to 2009.

Christmas Pudding - Historical Recipes
Illustrations of Christmas puddings from historical writings, plus some historical recipes for the traditional holiday treat.

De-Trimming the Tree
Erma Bombeck writes about the post-Christmas task of detrimming the tree.

O the Beautiful Old Story
A hymn text written by Louisa May Alcott, who is better known as the author of Little Women.

Erma Bombeck on Children and Christmas
Erma Bombeck quote on children and Christmas.

The Christmas Silence
A poem about Christmas from Margaret Deland.

Katharine Whitehorn on Christmas
Katharine Whitehorn about Christmas commercialism.

The Shepherd Who Stayed
A Christmas poem by Theodosia Garrison, The Shepherd Who Stayed

Solstice - Saturnalia
Janus instituted the Saturnalia as a yearly tribute to his friend Saturn. For mortals, the festival provided a yearly symbolic return to the Golden Age. All people were equal and, because Saturn ruled before the current cosmic order, Misrule was the order of the day. From N. S. Gill, About Guide to Ancient History.