The Real Reasons for Christmas

The real reasons for christmas were common knowledge among slaveholders and the white people they employed as overseers. The public didn't know about these more sinister reasons, a public that loved this story of generosity and mercy of pity. Though most white americans did not own slaves, they still benefited greatly from their labor. And they were so happ to hear about the joy that marked these plantations. They needed the enslaved to appreciate their christmas, to revel in a joy they hardly witnessed. This is how it worked. Despite the rest of the year, slave owners in that time could believe that they themselves were good,. In 18 24, doctor james norcom stood in front of the north