Hello list, I was surprised my previous post on Christmas traditions inspired so much comment. I do want to clarify my comment about my family being Wee Free or Baptists. I am descended on my grandfather's side from the Stewarts who lived in Craggantoul, Cragganester and Balnasuin near Lawers on the north side of Loch Tay. Prior to 1850 the Stewarts were known as the McCombichs (which means the companions in Gaelic). They came from Appin in the 1600's, we believe, accompanying the Lady of Lawers to Lochtayside. They were not Roman Catholic. Around about 1850 it seems quite a few of them were Baptists and I understand they held their meetings in houses. My mother's "old Aunt Kate" Stewart, 1844-1932 was a Wee Free and had a certain amount of influence over my mother when she was a child. How the Stewart/McCombichs made the jump from Baptists to Wee Free is something I don't know. I doubt if the answer is simple or straightforward. Margaret