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Keeping Christmas: Looking in the Windows of the Past

with Historian Joyce Haworth
2025-12-03 19:00:00 2025-12-03 20:00:00 America/Chicago Keeping Christmas: Looking in the Windows of the Past If we could peer through the snowy windows of Americans in the past and see how they were keeping Christmas, what would we see? St. Charles Public Library - Carnegie Community Room

Wednesday, December 03
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-12-03 19:00:00 2025-12-03 20:00:00 America/Chicago Keeping Christmas: Looking in the Windows of the Past If we could peer through the snowy windows of Americans in the past and see how they were keeping Christmas, what would we see? St. Charles Public Library - Carnegie Community Room

St. Charles Public Library

Carnegie Community Room

If we could peer through the snowy windows of Americans in the past and see how they were keeping Christmas, what would we see?

Historian Joyce Haworth brings six stories of American Christmases from a century and more ago, some during the most trying times of our history. See how our ancestors celebrated on the farm, on the frontier, and on the battlefield. REGISTER

Registration for this program opens November 1, 2025

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Programs |

TAGS: | Traditions | Holiday | Christmas |

St. Charles Public Library
Phone: 630-584-0076 x1
Fax: 630-584-9262
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The award-winning St. Charles Public Library District is located in the scenic Fox River Valley, 35 miles west of Chicago. The Library serves a district population of 55,092 residents and has a staff of 101. The St. Charles Public Library is an equal opportunity employer.

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