Christmas Food - Where Our Christmas Dinner Comes From
In our podcast for this topic we spoke with Regina Sexton, food and culinary historian from University College Cork
She is also the author of A Little History of Irish Food. The discussion was wide ranging
Christmas Traditions - An Overview
Where did the traditions of our Christmas tables come from, or the now rural based customs of the Wren Boys?
Who is responsible for Holly and Ivy bedecking our homes or the pudding you eat after dinner? This series of articles will try and get to the bottom of these questions and open us to the often pagan
The Holly And The Ivy
"From every hedge is plucked by eager hands, The holly-branch with prickly leaves replete,
And fraught with berries of a crimson hue;
Which torn asunder from its parent trunk, Is straightway taken to the neighbouring towns; Where windows, mantles, candlesticks, and shelves, Quarts, pints, decanters, pipkins, basins, jugs,
Christmas Traditions Audio
- History Journal Podcast 5 - Christmas Traditions (24 mins)Christmas Traditions Video
- Traditional Irish Christmas HymnsMichael Collins
Book Reviews - Christmas Traditions
Review
The Christmas book
The Christmas book: Christmas in the olden time, its customs and their origin : the holly and ivy, sports of the eve, Yule log, boar's head, the dinner, mummers, Lord of Misrule, Saturnalia, carols, mysteries and plays, boxes, &c. &c Free on Google Books (to stream of download) A really wonderful book...
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Dickens' Christmas Simall Callow €14.99 (circa) 9780711230316 Published by Frances Lincoln It seems appropriate that we consider Dickens in the context of Christmas traditions considering how pervasive his vision and that of his peers is in our own experience of the food, atmosphere and values...
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