Sat Nov 21 · 2pm
The Spirit of Christmas Past: Four Centuries of Christmas in America
Historian Ken Turino traces four centuries of Christmas in New England, from its 17th-century ban to the family-centered holiday of today, showing how it turned from raucous public revelry into a domestic celebration and what it may have looked like in Beverly and other North Shore towns. Turino, a curator and public historian, wrote Interpreting Christmas at Museums and Historic Sites (2024) and co-edited Reinventing the Historic House Museum.
$5.00 – $10.00