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By Patricia Shillingburg Christmas is the time most in tune with our memories of the holidays that have gone before. It’s why we cherish our individual traditions, why we pass them carefully down the generations, to remember special times during the season of light and celebration. Looking into the history of Shelter Island, today’s residents might wonder about the details of Mary and Thomas Dering’s first Christmas at Sylvester Manor in 1762. What would the enslaved people at the Manor have cooked to celebrate the feast for their many guests? Goose, turkey or a roast of lamb? What beverages did they serve? Grog or a nog? Wine from local grapes or rum from the West Indies?

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