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The night before Christmas we attend church service and upon returning home, the children hang stockings from the mantel and hope that Father Christmas will leave some treats or gifts in them, especially since they've been good little boys and girls this year! In anticipation and gratitude they leave mince pies and brandy for Father Christmas.
Christmas Morning:
Mom usually prepares grilled rashers, poached eggs on toast, muffins, and baked mushrooms for breakfast.
Christmas Dinner
At lunch or early afternoon we have our Christmas dinner. The Christmas meal is a meal to remember throughout the coming year, and preparations started weeks ahead of time.
Turkey or goose dinner plus... stuffing, cranberry sauce, potatoes and gravy.
Beside each place setting is a Christmas Cracker - a paper tube, brightly wrapped and twisted at both ends. These deceptively peaceful decorations capture the magic of the season, for their appeal is in the 'crack' as they're pulled apart and out falls a tissue hat, a joke or riddle and a present, rings in plastic - or even, for the romantic, a chance to offer the real thing. The paper crown inside we wear on our heads during the meal.
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What did get for Christmas in 1800?
Christmas 1800 I think was a Thursday.
Was the Christmas tree always a Christmas tradition?
No, not until about 1800(ish).
What songs did they sing in the 1800 on Christmas?
They would sing jingel bells.
Did Victorian workers get the day off on Christmas in the mid 1800's?
workers did get the day off. it was rare, but they did on christmas day
Where did Christmas present come from?
The Ghost of Christmas Present was that years christmas - He states in early discussion with Scrooge he has over 1800 brothers meaning a new Christmas Present every year
Did you get the ideas of Christmas trees?
No i didn't, but many pilgrims did in the late 1800's.
Who were the more than 1800 brothers of the ghost of Christmas present?
It meant that since they are in that time, 1800's, there were ghosts before him and he was the most recent.
When did turkey become popular for Christmas dinner?
In the late 1800's, before that it was goose.
What is a Colonial Christmas and when is it held?
A Colonial Christmas is a celebration to recognize Colonial times, which was considered the 1800's era. This celebration takes place at the same time as modern day Christmas.
Why and when did potatoes start to be eaten for Christmas?
Potatoes were not native to Europe and Christmas dinners were not widely served until the late 1800's so they would have been added at that point .
Where did people in the 1800's put their presents?
Near the Christmas tree or fire place. Remember that in the 1800 there was not any where near the concentration on presents as there is today. Christmas was a religious festival rather then an exercise in marketing. In the Netherlands for instance Saint Nicolas (not Santa clause) came on the fifth of December for the children and left Christmas alone as a religious time and a time for friends and family to get together
What did the renaissance do on Christmas Day?
They went to Christ Mass for most of the day and had a large dinner. The celebrations that we know actually didn't begin until the 1800's with the story the Christmas Carol.
