"We have frequently seen gangs of young fellows parading the streets of a Christmas eve, with their shirts outside of their lower garments, and their faces blackened.over.They would visit homes, and after going through a series of “mumming” as it was called thay would put the master of the place under contribution of money or drink and go somewhere else to go through the same foolery."
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The Philadelphia Public Ledger, 25 December 1844, recorded one of the speeches used by the early Christmas, in p. 25.
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