{"id":5294,"date":"2010-11-30T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2010-11-30T05:00:03","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T10:00:03","slug":"christmas-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/30\/christmas-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIt\u2019s said that Christmas traditions as we know them started with the Victorians but one of the things about being a Regency author is that you know which traditions are pre-Regency and which come later.<\/p>\n

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Book #1 - October 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christmas decorations in the house comprised branches of greenery, with rosemary and bay, laurel and mistletoe entwined. People would also dress themselves in garlands of greenery for the Christmas festival, so as well as looking festive they would also smell rather nice!<\/p>\n

It was Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, who first introduced the Christmas tree to England. The tree must have been something of a fire hazard as it was lit by candles and decorated with small gifts of toys and sweetmeats. Queen Charlotte also introduced the idea of giving Christmas cards to friends and relatives although this was not widely done before the Victorian period.<\/p>\n

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Book #2 - November 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christmas presents were exchanged on 6th<\/sup> December, St Nicholas\u2019s Day, or a New Year gift on Twelfth Night, with a verse of poetry attached. If you belonged to the gentry you were expected to give charitable gifts to the poor on Christmas Eve and also put on a feast that night for your servants and employees, with a lot of ale and carol singing late into the night!<\/p>\n

The Christmas Day festivities would start early (or probably simply carry on from the night before). William Holland, a vicar in Somerset, writes in his diary of 1801 that he and his family were woken at five in the morning by the church musicians serenading them outside, accompanied by carol singers:<\/p>\n

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Book #3 - December 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe singers at the window tuned forth a most dismal ditty, half drunk and with the most wretched voices.\u201d It doesn\u2019t sound a very nice way to be woken on Christmas Day!<\/p>\n

On Christmas Day the rich would probably dine on lamb and they would eat their turkey on Twelfth Night. Turkeys were transported to London on the stagecoach from Norfolk. William Holland dined on sprats (fish) and a woodcock on Christmas Day and considered that quite a feast. Mince pies and Christmas cake were also a feature of the menu although the Christmas Cake was known as the Twelfth Cake and was also eaten on Twelfth Night. I like the idea of having a party on Twelfth Night!<\/p>\n

The Christmas holidays lasted for several weeks because of the time it took to travel to visit family and friends. Entertainments during the Twelve Nights of Christmas would include parties, balls and ice skating, with games of charades and lots of singing Christmas songs around the open fire. It all sounds wonderfully cosy and it must have been lovely to have the whole family together. Many of the early years of the nineteenth century were very snowy at Christmas too, which would make it feel very festive!<\/p>\n

Happy Christmas!
\nNicola Cornick<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nOne aspect of Irish culture I loved researching for Duchess of Sin<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>was Christmas!\u00a0 No one loves a good holiday party more than the Irish.\u00a0 Christmas has always been a time filled with visiting, dancing, and music, and good food.\u00a0 I learned a lot about Irish Christmas traditions as a child in my grandparents\u2019 house, which was always a wonderful time.\u00a0 My grandmother would make plum puddings and ginger cakes, put up holly wreaths and mistletoe kissing boughs, and play Irish Christmas music all the time (I listen to The Chieftain\u2019s Christmas CD every year!).<\/p>\n

She also kept a candle in the window (albeit an electric one that wouldn\u2019t start a fire!), and when I asked her why she told me what her mother told her.\u00a0 The candle was a symbol of welcome to Mary and Joseph as they traveled looking for shelter (and in time of the Penal Laws could also be a sign of a safe place to say Catholic Mass).\u00a0 One tradition said the candle should be lit by the youngest member of a household and only extinguished by a girl named Mary.<\/p>\n

Nollaig Shona Duit<\/em> (Merry Christmas) everyone!\u00a0 I hope you enjoy Anna and Conlan\u2019s story as much as I did.\u00a0 For more information, excerpts, recipes, etc, please visit my website at http:\/\/laurelmckee.net<\/a>.\u00a0 And if you\u2019d like to create a bit of a traditional Christmas for yourself, here is my grandmother\u2019s old recipe for plum pudding (she used to say it was best to make this a year in advance and let it \u201cmellow,\u201d but she would mostly start it at the beginning of Advent\u2026)<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fruit Mixture (to be made 4 days ahead)
\n1 pound seedless raisings1 pound sultana raisins\u00bd pound currants
\n1 cup thinly sliced citron
\n1 cup chopped candied peel
\n1 tsp cinnamon
\n\u00bd tsp mace
\n\u00bd tsp nutmeg
\n\u00bc tsp ground cloves
\n\u00bc tsp allspice
\n\u00bc tsp freshly ground black pepper
\n1 pound finely chopped suet (powdery fine)
\n1 \u00bc cups cognac<\/p>\n

Pudding<\/p>\n

1 \u00bc pounds fresh bread crumbs
\n1 cup scalded milk
\n1 cup sherry or port
\n12 eggs, well beaten
\n1 cup sugar
\n1 tsp salt
\nCognac<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/p>\n

Blend the fruits, citron, peel, spices and suet and place in a bowl or jar.\u00a0 Add \u00bc cup cognac, cover tightly, and refrigerate for 4 days, adding \u00bc cup cognac each day.
\nSoak the bread crumbs in milk and sherry or port.\u00a0 Combine the well-beaten eggs and sugar.\u00a0 Blend with the fruit mixture.\u00a0 Add salt and mix thoroughly.\u00a0 Put the pudding in buttered bowls or tins, filling them about 2\/3 full.\u00a0 Cover with foil and tie it firmly.\u00a0 Steam for 6\u20147 hours.\u00a0 Uncover and place in a 250 degree oven for 30 minutes.\u00a0 Add a dash of cognac to each pudding, cover and keep in a cool place.<\/p>\n

To use, steam again for 2-3 hours and unmold.\u00a0 Sprinkle with sugar; add heated cognac.\u00a0 Ignite and bring to table.\u00a0 Serve with cognac sauce.<\/p>\n

I’m also giving away an autographed copy of DUCHESS OF SIN<\/span>. Comment to enter to win!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n

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