November 23, 2014
Linda Lau of Fairfax (left) shows off her collection of Victorian Christmas decorations and toys for Mike Deloose of West Springfield (center) and others at the Nov. 23 meeting of the Burke Historical Society.
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Fairfax Resident Talks Victorian Christmas at Burke Historical Society
Electricity didn’t come to Burke until 1928. That meant no one could power strings of lights to decorate Christmas trees; they had to use real candles and assume the very real fire hazard risk. Fortunately, fireproof fake trees made of goose feathers or chenille had already been around since the 1880s.
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