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A few years back I wrote about how colonials celebrated Christmas (click HERE colonies truly did celebrate, and quite heartily at that! And they also celebrated New Year's as well (click HERE Well, in today's posts you will see how a few of us living historians of the 18th century enjoyed the holiday season by way of our own form of time-travel, including the 1st annual Citizens of the American Colonies Christmas party. But first, come with me as we travel to Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village, where we can spend time amidst buildings from the era of our So, two days following Christmas, my son, his gi*lfriend, and myself visited the Holiday Nights event at historic Greenfield Village. Holiday Nights is unlike any other Christmastide celebration you've ever experienced. It's here where guests can visit nearly 200 years of holiday history, from the 1760s all the way through the 1940s. Here I am being greeted at the door of this wonderful representation of an  upper middle clas* colonial home. During Greenfield Village's Holiday Nights events, the Giddings is presented as preparing for a New Year's Eve gathering of friends. (I wrote a posting about 18th century New Year's celebrations HERE Even though we, as living historians, know and continuously research our history, we can always learn more from the presenters, and they from us. All adds to a  more well-rounded understanding of history. We enjoyed hearing presenter Kendra tell us of the food served during the New Year's Eve party that was about to commence. By the way, the Giddings Home was quite a bit darker than the  picture above taken with a flash shows: This one is a bit more accurate - - - more of a dull light with dark shadows. Because Mr. Giddings had wealth, he could afford to burn more candles than the average 18th century homeowner. Inside the Giddings House kitchen we find the chocolateers working their craft and making a hot chocolate drink in the same manner as was done in the 18th century.