On December 26, 1876, Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller, wrote to her husband, George describing the family’s Christmas in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He had stayed in Boston to work in his art studio. She reported a number of familiar rituals like putting “a few things” in her three-year-old daughter’s stocking, placing a gift on the plates of each of their four children, and having a special family meal.
Fuller, Agnes Gordon Higginson. Letter to George Fuller from wife Agnes regarding Christmas. December 26, 1876. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-138/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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