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HBC has begun to expand our Canadian First ommunion section and thus we know increasingly more about the pants worn by boys for their First Communion. There are a lot if similarities beteen America and Canada, but some substantial diffrences with First Communion celebrations. We see boys commonly wearing knee pants in the late-19th abd early-20th century worn with long stockings, often black long stockings. Knee pants continued to be commonly worn in the 1900s and knickers in the 1910s. We do not see, however many Canadian boys wearing knickers for First Communion as was very common in America. We can not yet make a firm assessment here because we do not yet gave many Canadian 1910s images. We suspect that many mothers saw short pants as more appropriate for younger boys and knickers for older boys. Brithis influences were more pronounced in Canada than in America. Some other conventions, however, may be involved. Perhaps our Canadian readers will know more about this. We see a few Canadian boys wearing knickers for First Communion in the 20s, but not very many. We see more in the 30s, especially the late-30s. Knee pants were disappearing, but short pants seem the most common during the 1920s-50s. It is not always possible to identify the type of pants because many boys wore long stockings, often colors matching the pants. Images from the 1920s-50s show that short pants were worn. We note some long pants in th 30s, but short pants seem more common. We begin to see white short and long apants in the 1950s. White short pants suits seem nuch more popular in Amnerica. We are not yet sure yet about the 60s and subsequent decades. We no longer see knickers and long pants become increasingly common.
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