Postings on several other lists over the years have also reported that Christmas was the only day the church did not charge for marriage and christenings. Bob On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:11 AM, A. Day <ann.day@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > One thing family historians may have noticed is that some of their > ancestors got > > married on Christmas Day - I have several examples - since it was the > only day of the > > year they had off. > Some friends of ours celebrate their golden wedding on Boxing day > Ann > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >