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Photo by @medfordtaylor |
'Old Christmas'
celebration_Hatteras Island Village of Rodanthe, North Carolina 1970. A tradition that dates to the mid-18th century, it is also known as Twelfth Night or the Epiphany. It stems from the British Empire's change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1752. Because the old calendar was inaccurate, 11 days had to be omitted with adoption of the Gregorian calendar. Christmas Day then changed from January 5th to December 25th. This was very unpopular among the colonies and especially with the very isolated and independent settlements on the Outter Banks. Old Christmas is now held on the closest Saturday to the Epiphany_January 7 in 2017.
It is a fun community event with an oyster roast, live music and dancing. In the past there has been an occasional brawl among the villagers as in this photograph I made from the top of the piano in the Community Center in 1970.
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