Christmas decorations go back to the 1800s
The earliest Christmas decorations appeared in the early 1800s. Decorated evergreen trees became popular in Germany and trees were decorated with gingerbread and other hard cookies, nuts, fruits, bits of paper, reflective foil and pieces of lace. In America, popcorn and berry garland were used — corn being introduced to the colonists from the Native Americans. [...]
Read More →Rumford Lions sell Crescent Park-themed Christmas ornaments
EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rumford Lions has introduced the fifth in a series of Christmas ornaments that depict historic icons of East Providence. The first issue in the series (2008) was the clock tower at East Providence Senior High School and the second issue (2009) was the gate at Pierce Memorial Field, 2010 was Weaver [...]
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