One
Christmas in early Utah found a group of Saints camped at Hole-in-the-Rock.
What did the mothers fill their children’s stockings with that were hung from
the wagon wheels?
a.
Presents and
molasses candy
b.
Parched corn
and cookies
c.
Sugar coated
apples
d.
Oatmeal
cakes and apples
Yesterday’s answer:
(D) The Christmas dance
The most
important social Christmas activity was an evening dance. Sometimes these
parties continued without interruption until dawn. Sometimes they recessed for
several hours in the late evening so that supper parties could be held in
nearby homes. One woman served as many as fifty couples during one of these
intermissions.
Whatever the
arrangement, the Christmas evening dance began the winter social season, which
then continued at least until New Year, when another major dance was held.
During these final days of December, there might be a flurry of dancing, candy
pulls, singing, and amateur dramatics.
Nearly Everything Imaginable, Walker, Ronald W., Doris R. Dant ed., (Provo,
Utah: BYU Press, 1999), 62.
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