All posts tagged "New Year’s Day"
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28.0K12ConnecticutPass the Tourtiere, C’est Le Reveillon!
For many, many years, le reveillon was the way Franco-Americans ushered in New Year’s Day in New England’s Little Canadas. The reveillon...
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18.6K15ConnecticutIn Colonial New England, the New Year Started on March 25
In colonial New England, the new year did not start on January 1. Not because the Puritans didn’t want people to have...
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20.1K22Arts and LeisureIsabella Stewart Gardner Holds a Champagne and Donuts Party on New Year’s Day
At a grand New Year’s Day party in 1903, the legendary Isabella Stewart Gardner served her two favorite foods: donuts and champagne....
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