Christmas - Charlotte Betts

My Christmas Memories

October 17, 2017December 20, 2016 by Charlotte Betts

My younger brother and I grew up during the fifties and sixties and some of our happiest memories are those of Christmas. The celebrations began on Stir-Up Sunday.

A Regency Christmas Dinner

October 17, 2017December 15, 2015 by Charlotte Betts

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat!

A Regency Christmas

October 17, 2017December 6, 2015 by Charlotte Betts

In the Regency era Christmas festivities began on the 6th December, St Nicholas’s Day, with the exchange of small gifts and ended on January 6th, Twelfth Night.

Stir-Up Sunday

October 17, 2017November 20, 2015 by Charlotte Betts

Stir-Up Sunday falls on the last Sunday before Advent

Christmas in 1687

October 17, 2017December 19, 2012 by Charlotte Betts

Christmas is nearly upon us and I’m busy making mince pies, wrapping presents and looking forward to a glass of mulled wine by the fireside. If you’re feeling Christmassy and have a moment to relax with a glass of mulled wine of your own, you might like to read the following excerpt from The Painter’s …