New Year’s History A’la Carte 2022 edition
Grab a cup of cocoa, put your feet up and enjoy a little bit of the season’s history with a look a New Year’s Day history.
Grab a cup of cocoa, put your feet up and enjoy a little bit of the season’s history with a look a New Year’s Day history.
Grab a cup of cocoa, put your feet up and enjoy a little bit of the season’s history with a look a New Year’s Day history.
Gift giving in Jane Austen’s Day. What might she have given or received for Christmas? Though gift giving was not the primary focus of the Christmastide season, gifts were commonly exchanged. St. Nicholas Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Twelfth … Continue reading →
A number of traditions formed for celebrating the new year. Some varied by region or county. Family traditions for good luck prevailed over general social convention. Some families gathered whomever was in the house in a circle before midnight. At the … Continue reading →
Each year it seems we complain that the holiday season begins earlier and earlier with some shops bringing out holiday goods even in the last months of summer. The holiday calendar during the Regency era was a little more clearly … Continue reading →