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Jan 7, 2023 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
What is "Old Christmas" in Appalachia?

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Image "Old Christmas", January 6th, is an old Appalachian tradition, tracing back to the mid 1700s when the British Empire switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, resulting in the year changing from 376 to 365 days, a loss of 11 days. Image
Oct 16, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Rev. Bernard Coffindaffer of Craigsville, Nicholas Co. WV. A Methodist preacher who began erecting wooden crosses across Appalachia & The South after receiving a vision from The Holy Ghost instructing him to do so. In his lifetime he erected 1,843 cross clusters (5,526 crosses) ImageImageImageImage "Not for saints or sinners. For everybody. They’re up for only one sole reason, and that’s this – to remind people that Jesus was crucified on a cross at Calvary for our sins, and that He is soon coming again." ImageImageImageImage