---
title: 'Christmas in America'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas De Witt Talmage'
date: 1886-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Christian Life'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 35'
- 'Psalms 150'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/talmage-1886-christmas-in-america
---

# Christmas in America

Talmage's "Christmas in America" contrasts holiday plenty with widespread poverty, urging charity, cheerful faith, and national renewal. He discusses labor, race relations, and prosperity.

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