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What does Christmas mean to you? From cake to crackers, trees to turkey and stockings to Santa Claus, The Great British Christmas explores Christmas past and the origins of the traditions we hold dear today. This delightful anthology includes the legend of King Arthur pulling the sword from the stone one fateful Christmas day; tales of the day a Puritan Parliament tried to 'ban' Christmas; and how the first ever Christmas tree arrived in England, courtesy of Prince Albert. Re-live a bygone era of merrymaking and indulge in Mrs Beeton's Christmas cake recipe or read Charles Dickens's memories of boyhood celebrations. This is simply the perfect book with which to celebrate Christmas.
16th December, 2016 in Fiction
Published in a single volume on 19 December 1843, for many readers A Christmas Carol epitomises not only Charles Dickens’ shorter works, but his entire output. A wonderful morality tale in which Ebenezer Scrooge is transported hither and tither by a spirit from the world beyond a…
24th November, 2016 in Society & Culture
Dating back to as early as the 13th Century, Christmas carols have become an integral part of our annual holiday celebrations. Be it in a church, door-to-door, or just a knees-up and a sing-song in the local pub, the joyous sound of carols is one that is synonymous with winter fe…
