YES. LEAP YEAR ROMANCES REALLY DID OCCUR!
Some Leap Year engagements credited to poor behavior of young men in the other three out of four years. Thus Ladies’ Leap Year Clubs and Men’s Leap Year Clubs passed resolutions of how to best protect and support one another through the difficulties. Rules for Leap Year parties, and more!
The Victorian Era was a time of Romanticism: flowery language, love letters as a part of courtship; and Valentine’s Day! Expectations and societal norms during the latter 19th century was filled with some traditions we recognize today, and some we might not.
Our Victorian American ancestors celebrated Thanksgiving very much like we do today. Some fun traditions have slowly melted away into obscurity but others are still going strong. This article contains detail amateur historians will enjoy, the official photograph of 1890 University of Michigan football team, and images of printed invitations issued for holiday parties.
Shanna Hatfield supports the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, both by spreading the word and with a significant financial donation–and you can help! Shanna explains the true-to-history setting of her Hardman Holiday Series. This ghost town was once a thriving city, and Shanna’s research provides her fiction with a solid setting readers can ‘see’. Shanna Hatfield is a USA Today Bestselling Author of sweet romance.
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