Christmas in the American Civil War the Union blockade, and one little girl, Sallie Brock Putnam, plotted the course Santa Claus would have to take to avoid it. Sometimes fathers on both sides were allowed furlough, and children were said to react to their fathers as if seeing "near strangers". Excuses for a lack of Santa included Yankees having shot him. Thomas Nast, who used his editorial cartoons to issue Union propaganda, made several illustrations reflecting the war. The one for Christmas Eve 1862, which ran in the January 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly shows a wife on one side praying though a window in one
Christmas with The Puppini Sisters the traditional Christmas carols, while the modern tracks lacked the fun of the originals. He added "The Puppini Sisters would have delivered a real present for listeners if they had kept things to just the more traditional songs." Christmas with The Puppini Sisters Christmas with The Puppini Sisters is the third studio album by the close harmony trio The Puppini Sisters, released through Verve on 5 October 2010. The album features ten cover versions of Christmas songs. The Puppini Sisters had always wanted to record an album of Christmas songs since their formation and group member Kate Mullins said recording