Christmas Decorations
The Christmas tree is a kind of pine tree. Traditionally, people used a real tree, freshly cut. The tree makes the house smell fresh but the ‘needles’ fall down and make a mess every day. Because of this, many people …
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12 Days Of Christmas
Traditionally, Christmas festivities lasted 12 days, from Christmas Day (December 25th) to January 5th. There is an old song (about 1780) in which somebody gives a different present on each day of Christmas to the same person. In the song, …
Christmas Crackers
Crackers are a part of Christmas Dinner. One Cracker is placed in front of each person at the table, and before eating everybody holds the ends of two crackers, one with the person on each side, all around the table. …
Mince Pie
Mince pies are a popular Christmas time sweet snack, eaten either hot or cold. They are individual pies containing a mixture known as mincemeat. It is made of various spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg; and also various dried …
Mulled Wine
Mulled wine is a beverage popular in winter, especially around Christmas. It is usually a claret or port mixed with various spices such as cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and mace, and served hot. It became popular in Britain in the Victorian …
Trifle
A trifle is a popular layer dessert. There are many recipes, but mostly consisting of a sponge cake base, with jelly and fruit above it, then custard and whipped cream. Some recipes call for adding sherry. It is popular at …
Christmas Pudding
Christmas Pudding: Christmas pudding is the desert eaten after Christmas dinner on the afternoon of Christmas day. It is not at all related to the pudding known in Japan. It is a rich, sticky fruit cake containing raisins, apple, cinnamon, …