Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days Of Tudor Christmas - 2019 - 7/10

For traditionalists such as myself, the Yule season is about to conclude. For others, the tree hit the curb December 25.
Historian Worsley offers a day after day exploration of the season that starts on 25 December – not mid-October.
So much is completely lost now. Lord Misrule, house mummers, Saint’s days, though the heavy food and vast quantities of alcohol consumption have survived.
Us commoners only receive exposure for the first few days, then focus shifts to the court of Henry VIII.
Banquets, splendid gifts, opulent costumes. Likely this is where Worsley’s passion lies.
For a more down to earth view, watch the Christmas episode of Tudor Monastery Farm (2013) with Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold.