When P.T. Barnum spent Christmas Eve in Charleston, South Carolina – New Video
In 1850, P.T. Barnum through misfortune ended up in Charleston, South Carolina where his daughter and team spent Christmas Eve. Learn all about it in this new short video.
About the Video:
On Christmas Eve 1850, after their tour group had been stuck on a storm-ravaged ship and arrived in Charleston, South Carolina exhausted and seasick, P.T. Barnum – along with his 17-year-old daughter Caroline – attended a Christmas dinner party in Jenny Lind’s rooms.
Lind had stunned the group with a decorated tree, and before dinner exchanged gifts ranging from jewelry and fashion accessories to some gag gifts – a statue of Bacchus for teetotaler Barnum and a singing monkey for her fellow singer and conductor Giovanni Belletti.
After dinner, Lind and Barnum danced a cotillion – though Caroline admitted his attempt “afforded us a great deal of amusement.”
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