The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On December 25, 1837, a force of 2,000 U.S. Army soldiers and Alabama Volunteers arrived in the area to construct a fort, which they named Fort Christmas. The fort was one of over 200 forts built during the Second Seminole War. In 1892, a Post Office opened at Christmas.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Christmas’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Christmas’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLewis Yates and Santa Claus- Chri…, 1947: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Christmas, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Christmas is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Christmas has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hotel Mims in Mims, 11 miles away.
Christmas and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lewis Yates and Santa Claus- Christmas, Florida (1947) (1947) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.