On this day in 1837, Africans and Native Americans who had formed Florida's Seminole Nation decisively defeated an invading U.S. force more than twice their size, led by slaveowner and future U.S. president Zachary Taylor.
Since the founding of the U.S., escaped African slaves had settled in modern-day Florida. At the same time, Seminoles suffering under Creek rule in Alabama and Georgia were fleeing south to seek independence. There, the two groups formed an alliance, sharing cultivation techniques and putting up armed resistance against colonization and slaver forces.
The U.S. repeatedly invaded territory controlled by this alliance, and, on Christmas Day in 1837, 380 to 480 Seminole fighters gathered on the northeast corner of Florida's Lake Okeechobee ready to halt the armies of Colonel Zachary Taylor, a Louisiana slaveholder and future U.S. president.
Seminole riflemen waited for the soldiers in trees, firing on them from above. The battle was a decisive defeat for U.S. forces, however Taylor falsely claimed a victory when returning to Fort Gardner.
Dec. 26, 1835: Second Seminole War, Largest Uprising of the Enslaved 
Christmas day freedom fighters: hidden history of the Seminole anticolonial struggle - William Katz 
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I love my dad but he's such a conservative in so many ways, not even politically. Like he gets so pissed off when I wear a hat inside or something. He was always brought up learning these nonsense manners rules in English boarding school and never once asked if they made any sense, and now he gets so pissed off when I point out they don't make any sense. He wants me to get dressed up for Christmas even though we aren't leaving the house - like get dressed up for who? It's like he always thinks someone's gonna give out to us if we don't follow these random set of obscure meaningless rules
It can be fun to dress nice. Try and enjoy it?
But I strongly empathize with you... My dad does similar shit, but it's due to his own anxiety instead.
Rules based intercasa order. My mom's the same way but she thinks it's fun. Maybe it's his way of trying to make it fun but he doesn't know how
Aww man now you make me feel like I'm being too mean to him
Nah you should bully him in to admitting he loves getting garmed up and get him to commit to making your own attire traditions.