Hi List, Here's a bit of Christmas trivia for those of you who have traced your families back to England during the mid 1600's, especially those of you with Puritans in your lineage. Christmas was once illegal in England. In 1643 the Puritans outlawed all Christmas celebrations, banned the keeping of Christmas trees, and made the singing of Christmas carols a crime. These laws were maintained until the Restoration. Many Puritans in New England also adhered to these regulations, curtailing Christmas festivities to such a degree that even the making a mince pies was forbidden. Katherine White-Duke http://www.dreamwater.com/wylchild/tree/wyltree.html Coordinator/Discover North Carolina Genealogy WebRing http://www.accessgenealogy.com/rings/nc/