“Now Christmas comes, ‘tis fit that we,Should feast and sing and merry be.Keep open house, let fiddlers playA fig for cold, sing care away.”— Virginia Almanac, 1765 It was the holiday season in the ...
It was the holiday season in the colony of Virginia in 1774. At his house in Williamsburg, Peyton Randolph and his wife, Elizabeth, gathered with their household and friends, including his cousin ...