Last week I went with Diane to This Is The Place Heritage Park for their Candlelight Christmas. They put Christmas lights on the houses and in each house they had different things going on. They had a puppet show, crafts, printing of the first Christmas card, stories about the decorations, an elf village and you could write a letter to Father Christmas. Here are a few things that I learned from the night it was the British Royal Family that first came up with the idea of Christmas cards and had them printed. It used to take two days to go from Salt Lake City to Provo and people would have to stop at a half-way house in Draper for $1 a night. (That just seems crazy to me since now it takes me 45 minutes to go to Salt Lake City from Provo.) Before the mail system was really in place children would write letters to Father Christmas and then they would burn them and the smoke and ash would carry to the North Pole to Father Christmas. Have you ever heard about the Christmas Spider? I had never heard the story before, if you want to read it go here. I didn't get a lot of pictures but her is what I have from the night. It was a lot of fun to step back in time and learn new things.
4 comments:
Awesome! What a fun night! (and you look darling, as usual!) Staying 1/2 way in Draper seems silly. But paying $1 a night sounds nice. ;)
Wendy! It was so fun running into you at that Indian restaurant. Love all your posts and congrats on being the biggest loser- you look fabulous!
Looks like a fun festive activity. Very interesting to learn how long the journey from Salt Lake to Provo would take.
P.S. Cute blog background.
We'll have to go there some day ... sounds like a fun place and a little different Christmas activity!!
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