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Episode 2 – A Merry McFaddin Christmas

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In this episode, we reminisce about 1920s holiday traditions of the McFaddins and of Southeast Texas.

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Image Descriptions:

Image 1: The first Christmas mailed greeting created by artist J.C. Horsley.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-christmas-card-180957487/

Bibliography

Additional Sources: 
Okrent, Daniel. “The Man  Who Turned Off the Taps.” Smithsonian Magazine. May 2010, volume 41, No. 2

Hanc, John. “The History of the Christmas Card.” Smithsonian Magazine. December 9, 2015

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-christmas-card-180957487/

McAshan, Britni. “Bubonic Plague in Galveston Recalled in its Centennial  Year.” Feb. 24, 2020. 

www.tmc.edu.https://www.tmc.edu/news/2020/02/bubonic-plague-in-galveston-recalled-in-its-centennial-year/

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