[Wilford Woodruff]
25 Christmas I spent the time mostly at home. We had a Christmas dinner. Lorenzo Snow & Eliza Snow his daughter dined with us. I spent the Evening at home. Santaclauss called upon me & demanded for his Appropriatins $35 which I paid.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Eliza Sarah Snow (30 November 1847 – 5 October 1937), the first born child of Lorenzo Snow's 2nd polygamous wife.
ReplyDeleteSounds like something Brigham would do - dress up like Santa then shakedown folks for money.
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