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Two Songs/Dances/Games Played During a Regency Christmas Season
Posted in Christmas, Jane Austen's life, Jane Austen's music, Jane Austen's World, Old English Customs, Regency Christmas Traditions, tagged Hunt the Slipper, Oranges and Lemons, Regency Christmas Traditions on December 25, 2018| 7 Comments »
A Regency Christmas: Decorating 19th Century London With Holly
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen Blog, Jane Austen's World, Old English Customs, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency society, Regency style, tagged 19th century christmas, Early Christmas decorations, Regency Christmas on December 17, 2010| 10 Comments »
“Heigh ho! sing heigh ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh ho, the holly! This life is most jolly.” – William Shakespeare, As You Like It Decorating one’s house with natural boughs has been a Christmas tradition since Celtic times. Boughs of holly with their bright red […]
A Regency Christmas Tree
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Christmas Traditions, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Queen Charlotte, Regency Christmas Tree on December 17, 2008| 6 Comments »
Fact: Queen Charlotte introduced the Christmas tree to England. Recently I read in Yahoo answers.com that the Christmas tree was introduced to England by Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort. The majority of the readers had “voted” that this must be so. Wrong. While he and Queen Victoria popularized the custom, they did not start the […]
Regency Era Christmas Evergreen Decorations
Posted in Christmas, Jane Austen's World, Regency Customs, tagged Christmas traditions on December 23, 2018| 7 Comments »
On Christmas Eve the children laid out the traditional holly branches on the window ledges…” Jane Austen: A Life, Claire Tomalin, p. 4. Christmas decorations during the Regency era were relatively simple compared to today’s standards, or even Victorian standards, when Christmas trees and wrapped packages made major appearances in common households. Evergreen plants that […]
Christmas Traditions from The Regency Era
Posted in Christmas, Holiday, jane austen, tagged Holidays on December 24, 2007| 3 Comments »
“I remember we had a discussion that time as to what was the great point and crowning glory of Christmas. Many were for mince-pie; some for the beef and plum-pudding; more for the wassail-bowl; a maiden lady timidly said the mistletoe; but we agreed at last, that although all these were prodigious, and some of […]