The First Christmas in New England
"The First Christmas in New England" by Hezekiah Butterworth captures the Pilgrims' first Christmas on American shores — a gray, cold December day stripped of church bells, priests, and familiar ritual. When the men debate whether to rest their axes on such a sacred day, their leader urges them onward, invoking a covenant made at Malabarre Bay. With ringing axes replacing cathedral chimes, the Pilgrims labor through wind and snow to raise the foundations of a new nation's faith.
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