December 2011
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Christmas in the time of the Stuarts
Christmas in Stuart times lasted a full 12 days and was enjoyed by rich and poor alike. At the royal court it lasted even longer. It began officially on 1 November and ended on 2 February.
There were three main festivals:
Christmas Day, 25 December This celebrated the birth of Jesus.
New Year’s Day, 1 January This celebrated the New Year and a new beginning. It was the time for...
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Christmas Gifts in Stuart Times
Gifts were given on 1 January. Everyone gave and received them. The landlord gave his workers a feast. In return they gave him small gifts from the land on which they worked, such as chicken and apples.
Courtiers gave gifts to the king and queen and they gave gifts in return. Fashionable gifts included sweets such as marzipan, sugared fruit, embroidered hankies, jewellery, pomanders and...
“Charles II was a voluble man who took immense pleasure in recounting anecdotes...”
– Found here
The source is a site full of anecdotes, so this may or may not be true. However, it is true that Charles liked to tell everybody about his adventures- and he told some stories so often that he really could remember them in great detail even at the end of his life. For example, when he...
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“He is so fat and tall that he is taken for a year old and he is only four...”
– Henrietta Maria, Queen of England and wife of Charles I, on their eldest son as a baby.
Bit harsh. (via fuckyeahcharlesthesecond)
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