Chapter 7

So we are almost done with Nissenbaum's book...YAY!!!!!! I thought that this chapter was different from all the others. The author spends a lot of time talking about the traditions in the norhtern states. I honestly didn't realize that we hadn't talked about the southern traditions. I think you see a lot of the wassiling traditions caried over in the south. I guess what I am trying to say is that they kept the loud, public Christmas longer than the northern states. While northerners were bringing Christmas inside, the south still celebrated outside because of slavery. The slaves had the opprotunity to "over step" normal boundries of the time. The slaves would dress in the cloths similar to those of the master. They could travel freely and see family and friends at other plantations, and were allowed to have good food, drink alcohol, dance, and be merry. The masters would usually come down to the slave quarters and the group would celebrate Christmas. The masters could use the celebration as a bribe so the slaves would not cause trouble durring the year. To me, it seems as though the traditions are the same as the feudal wassiling. I think thats enough for now on Chapter 7.