Christmas in Pennsylvania mennonite of John Gingrich

of John Gingrich

beginning in 1690 with Hans and Barbara Ryser Reist and the "Canadian Connection" and the "Iowa Experiment

There is a conglomeration of memories recalled by Levi and Lydia's children of growing up in a small Amish community in Belleville

it records holiday traditions from the eighteenth century through the early twentieth century

of Christian Augspurger

Christmas in Pennsylvania mennonite of John GingrichThis 50th Anniversary Edition examines the folk origins of Christmas in the Keystone State. Composed of interviews and contemporary newspaper reports, it records holiday traditions from the eighteenth century through the early twentieth century, including mummers, Christ Kindel and Kriss Kringle, Christmas trees and trimming, Belsnickels, the Philadelphia carnival of horns, Moravian pyramids and putzes, Pittsburgh firecracker celebrations, and holiday