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meats, apples, gilded nuts, and a few small toys. The idea of a merry Christmas took firm root early in the history of England. Through the centuries, the holiday season has been a time of song and feasting. Mince pies and plum pudding are distinctly English.
Evergreens were brought into houses and decorated to add Christmas cheer. Although carol singing began in several European countries in early times, it achieved a great popularity in England. Carols were originally simple, happy tunes suggesting dance rhythms rather than the music of hymns.
It may be surprising to learn that the tree has not always been a part of the American Christmas scene. Christmas itself had a hard time in Colonial New England, where Puritans forbade any observance of the season. However, the Germans and Moravians of Pennsylvania, enjoyed and practiced the customs of their homelands.
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