Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! Put a pretty penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, then a ha’penny will do. If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you! Have you started your holiday shopping yet? You have just 147 days until Christmas, and a mere… Read more »
Victorian Christmas
#MyrtleMondays: Christmas in July!
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! Put a pretty penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, then a ha’penny will do. If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you! There may be 153 days until Christmas, but we only have 72 days before the paperback release… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Boxing Day
No discussion of Victorian Christmas would be complete without mention of the day after Christmas Day, known in Britain and its colonies as Boxing Day. If you have English or Australian friends or watch a lot of PBS, you’ve no doubt heard of this quintessential British observance, but what exactly is it? And what does it… Read more »