A sixteenth century Christmas
December 22, 2021
A sixteenth century Christmas
We know quite a lot about how the wealthy spent Christmas in the sixteenth century. Surviving account books from Royal, noble and gentry households paint a picture of lavish feasts and costly entertainment. For the less well off Christmas must have come as a welcome holiday, relief from the drudgery of life in the long, cold winter season.
On Christmas Eve men, women and children went out into the woodlands to cut greenery such as holly, ivy and mistletoe to decorate …