Christmas – The UncommonWealth

10 Holiday Gifts Worth Time-Traveling For!

Everyone has a holiday gift guide now so here are our favorites from the 1956 Miller & Rhoads Christmas Catalog. Or if you don't care…

Library of VirginiaDecember 22, 2021

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Season’s Greetings and More!

Did you know that the Library of Virginia's Visual Studies Collection has a Tumblr page for new acquisitions? It is called LOOK WHAT WE GOT,…

Vince BrooksDecember 6, 2018

Newspapers

“A Carol of Clothes:” Winter Fashion and Hints for the Holiday Hostess

The holiday season has long meant family gatherings and a a full social schedule. Women of early twentieth century Richmond who wanted to make sure…

Olin JohnsonDecember 21, 2017

Wartime Christmas at Camp Lee

The holidays are an excellent time to eat, drink, and be merry. The soldiers training at Camp Lee (now Fort Lee) during World War I…

Claire RadcliffeDecember 20, 2017

Newspapers

Happy Holidays from the VNP and the Rappahannock Record

The Virginia Newspaper Project is excited to announce that digitized issues of the Rappahannock Record from 1925-1958 are now available on Virginia Chronicle. Published in Kilmarnock, Virginia…

Kelley EwingDecember 22, 2015

The Stacks

Season’s Greetings, We Will Be Back in January 2015!

These are some examples of how soldiers at Camp Lee, Virginia, celebrated Christmas in 1918. The records of the Virginia War History Commission have been processed and…

Roger ChristmanDecember 24, 2014

Newspapers

Yes Virginia, there is a Yes, Virginia

A now chastised member of the Project staff expressed the feeling that the newspaper editorial “Yes, Virginia” was perhaps reaching the end of its cultural…

Henry MorseDecember 23, 2014

Death by Eggnog

During the holiday season we are warned to avoid overindulgence. There are many temptations around this time of year—turkey and stuffing, grandma’s pecan pie, and,…

Mary Dean CarterDecember 20, 2013

Newspapers

Dear Santa

Letters to Santa Claus printed in the Richmond Evening Leader, December 23, 1902. A copy of the full page is now on display on the…

Kelley EwingDecember 17, 2013

The Stacks

Happy Holidays from the Editors

The editors are taking some time off for the holidays. We’ll see you next year! In the meantime, checkout our letter to Santa post and a…

Library of VirginiaDecember 21, 2012

All I Want For Christmas Is…

On 16 December 1895, 12-year-old Mamie M. Yates wrote a letter to Santa Claus. It read: Dear Santa Claus, I will write to you to…

Greg CrawfordDecember 19, 2012

Newspapers

Happy Holidays from the Virginia Newspaper Project

Similar to our friends at the Mecklenburg Times in 1941, above, the Virginia Newspaper Project is taking some time off for the holidays. Best wishes to…

Silver PersingerDecember 19, 2012