Hi John, Happy Holidays to you and Yours and of course to all on the list! Now for those of us in the USA... aren't we glad Washington's fellow English Officers did not figure out just how determined he was... That he would attack on Christmas... All is fair in love and War! I wonder just what the Hessian Celebrations was like? Of course they had their religious activities, but what else? A special dinner, exchanging of gifts... was it anything like what it should be now? hummmmmmmmmmmm just wondering... Nelda Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG Beatty #005 & #10; Graves #231 & #105 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ ----Original Message Follows---- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> Reply-To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HESSIAN] Re: Hessian - Christmas at Trenton 1776. Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 13:07:40 -0500 Well now, Bill and Nelda; Hessians! That explains a lot - and frankly, the British in charge at the time, should have known the character of their former officer George Washington, and what he could be planning, and should have issued 'yellow or orange' alerts in time to warn those poor Hessians :) I sincerely hope that everyone found his/hers new Christmas toys under the tree this morning, and is happy. Merry Christmas. Enjoy your Christmas turkey. Your John Merz from north of the 'undefended' border, your security people are scratching their heads about. ----- Original Message ----- From: <wjsmith@optonline.net> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Re: PML Search Hessian - Christmas at Trenton 1776. > Hi, > > Here's a link about Washington's beliefs (and lack of them) > http://www.deism.com/washington.htm > <Snip> > > Cheers! > Bill > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== For Hessian research in Canada contact the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre, Ameliasburg, Ontario e-mail 7thtownmagrc@kos.net or check the mail list archives of this list for address. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L This list was started by Johannes Helmut Merz, Hessian researcher.