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Today, you may think up a host of delights and treats, and it would be a time
to indulge yourself perhaps, While the rest of the year you may not think about
buying something, or eating something?
Well it wasn't much different for the medieval people, they worked had
throughout the year, had little to show for it, but needed this celebration.
Much of the festivity that revolved around food seemed to be not in what was
being offered, but in how it was offered, the quantities that were available,
and in the act of sharing a meal and eating together.
Many lords would invite their workers to the manor for Christmas dinner,
though, the food, serving utensils, and even the fuel for cooking were usually
provided by the workers themselves. The first recorded use of the word
"Christmas" was in 1038 when a book from Saxon England used the words "Cristes
Maesse" in it.
Christmas is Medieval England was very different to Christmas now, the Church
ensured that Christmas was a true religious holiday. Celebrations were for the
birth of Christ as opposed to simply peasants enjoying themselves. ?
Celebrations
Christmas Boxing
Day Easter May Day
Martinmas Advent
Halloween Michaelmas
Pentecost Candlemas
Hock Tide Plow Monday
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