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Regency Christmas Traditions: Christmas Eve, Christmas and Boxing Day

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A full month of posts to celebrate the Christmastide season. Stories, traditions, recipes, videos, games and a giveaway to fill your Yuletide with Regency Era fun.       December 24th: Christmas Eve On Christmas Eve, the decorations and greenery were put up throughout the house. Bringing in greenery prior to Christmas eve was considered bad luck. Traditional greenery included holly, ivy, rosemary, evergreen, hawthorn and, bay leaf, laurel, and hellebore (Christmas rose). Some households fashioned kissing … Continue reading →

Regency Traditions Video: Mistletoe and Kissing Bough

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  A full month of posts to celebrate the Christmastide season. Stories, traditions, recipes, videos, games and a giveaway to fill your Yuletide with Regency Era fun.       Christmas Traditions in Georgian Times: Mistletoe and Kissing Bough     Read Miss Darcy and the Kissing Ball here Read more about holiday decorating here and here. If you enjoyed this post you might also enjoy:  

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Regency Traditions Video: Make Your Own Kissing Ball

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  Though uncommon, a kissing ball might be found in some regency households. Sadly, they were considered a bit crass and would usually be confined to servant’s areas. To make one of your own you need: (1) wire to shape the ball–clothes hangers would be a ready source. (2) Something to bind the form together, the video suggests string. In my house of engineers, it would be duct tape. (3) Mistletoe and other greenery. Since … Continue reading →

Regency Christmas Traditions: Deck the Halls

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A full month of posts to celebrate the Christmastide season. Stories, traditions, recipes, videos, games and a giveaway to fill your Yuletide with Regency Era fun.  Families put up decorations and greenery throughout the house on Christmas Eve, usually not before. Traditional greenery included holly, ivy, rosemary, evergreen, hawthorn, laurel, and hellebore (Christmas rose). Boughs, garlands and sprigs decorated windows, tables, mantles and stairways with the scents and colors of the season. For those who could … Continue reading →