May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.…
Prayer Warriors by Clifford Dobbyns The dictionary says that prayer is an approach to deity in word or thought: an urgent request. It defines…
Note: This story has been reported in newspapers since the 1930s, and is all over the internet including the History.com but the Alabama Department of…
My Childhood Christmas Memories by Jean Butterworth It is almost Christmas time and memories come flooding back remembering the simple Christmas celebrations my family…
A Traumatic and Memorable Christmas by Joe McKnight One Christmas in my early childhood stands out as both traumatic and memorable. We lived at…
The first substantial white settlement in what is now Gadsden was a village called "Double Springs".This was begun by a mixed American Indian and…
We rarely celebrate it anymore, but December 14 was unofficially observed by schools, women's clubs, and patriotic societies as Alabama Day. The date commemorates…
Decorating the Tree by Inez McCollum Most of you are in the process of decorating your Christmas Tree. My late husband would get so…
Below are old photographs related to Christmas at the Alabama Department of Archives and History - they should bring back memories. Information with the photographs…
SNOWBOUND AT CHRISTMAS by Inez McCollum When my brother and I were young children, getting to our grandparents in the winter time could be…
The Day I was Born by Virginia Faye Floyd Peiffer My mom told me about the day I was born. I will never forget.…
The Christmas Oranges from the MisAdventures of Lily When my grandmother was small, there wasn’t much money for toys and dolls. The most wonderful…
CHRISTMAS APRONS by Dorothy Graham Gast As the holiday season approached in 1955 my less than a year old daughter and I lived with…
Great to serve with black-eyed peas and hog jowl for good luck on New Year's Day! SOUTHERN BATTER BREAD Scald 1 quart of milk…
I wonder what happened that caused this ban of toy pistols on Christmas Day? TOY PISTOLS WERE BANNED ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA AN ORDINANCE…
Days Gone By in Alabama by Peggy Sue Harmon In reading Jean Butterworth’s article on her Christmas family tradition, my memories were stirred (even…
Do you still make Parker house rolls for dinner? I had an heirloom recipe that had been handed down in the family, but it…
A cemetery is a strange place to find a miniature red-brick house complete with windows, fireplace, front porch with a mailbox. There is such…
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA'S REINDEER IS REVEALED According to the Alaskan Department of Fish and game, Both male and female reindeer grow antlers…
A Genealogist's Christmas Wish Dear Santa: Don't bring me new dishes, I don't need a new kind of game. Genealogists have peculiar wishes For…
Please don't forget Alabama Pioneers this Christmas season in your gift giving. Monetary donations from you keep this website free! Christmas and Bon Ami…
CHRISTMAS WITH THREE GROWING BOYS by Inez McCollum Christmas time was so special when our three sons were small. I was a stay-at-home Mom,…
Christmas Memories of Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy by Inez McCollum As I think back to Christmases shared by my parents, brother and I,…
Some of our contributing authors on www.alabamapioneers.com and our sister site www.daysgoneby.me have some great books available on Amazon.com and they would make wonderful…
Do you want to make dressing like your Alabama grandmother for Thanksgiving? Then start with Alabama corn meal from the J. T. Pollard cornmeal in…
Yankee holiday Thanksgiving was not observed as a holiday in Alabama until 1858 when the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and North and South…
ALABAMA FRUIT CAKE 1924 recipe from Alabama Extension Service 1 lb. butter ¾ lb. sugar 9 eggs 1 lb. flour 2 tbsp. baking powder…
Mobile's MoonPie drop was listed as one of seven weird items that will drop on New Year's Eve in the Los Angeles Times of…
Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you are having a great one! This video should bring back memories -enjoy! Check out our latest…
Our traditional Thanksgiving Day was started in 1621 when Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast. However, Native American groups throughout…
![Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday [see parade pictures from the 1950s in Alabama]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Float_in_the_Christmas_parade_in_downtown_Montgomery_Alabama_on_Bainbridge_Street_in_front_of_the_Capitol-220x171.jpg)
![Gadsden – City of Champions was an exciting place Christmas of 1940- [vintage photos from Christmas 1940 & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Crowd-Christmas-shopping-on-December-21-1940-in-Gadsden-by-photographer-John-Vachon3-Library-of-Congress-e1416455167589-220x305.jpg)
![So this is why Santa’s reindeer have good directions & manage to find all the houses on Christmas Eve! [photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Reindeer-saddled.-ca.-1900-library-of-Congress-220x151.jpg)
![Did you know that Thanksgiving was a Yankee holiday and not celebrated in Alabama until 1858 – here is why [vintage pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Thanksgiving-print-1860s-Library-of-Congress-e1447604537444-220x159.jpg)
