A book discovery brings distant voices of Christmas
The ‘Christmas album’ from the mid-19th century found in 2014 at the Goody Pile at the Recycling Center by Colin Hoye. (Credit: Ambrose Clancy)
Christmas is many things, not least an opportunity to remember past years, celebrations and people. With this offering, we’re reprising a Christmas story we published in 2014.
A ghost of Christmas past recently appeared at the “Goody Pile” corner of the Recycling Center.
It took the form of a book, filled with handwritten entries from 1849 to 1852.
The book is what was known as a “Christmas album,” popular in the mid-19th century here and in Britain as gifts for the holidays.