Christmas Dinner in 1574
A Villager's Tudor Christmas Feast in Elizabethan England
Late December, 1574. Early evening. Wisps of smoke puff from tall, twisted chimneys set high on the roofs of manor houses. Dim candlelight flickers from within the smaller, huddled homes of farmers and labourers, while inside, twisted holly and ivy garlands decorate tabletops and firesides. Elizabethan England, lying under a frosty sheen, prepares to celebrate the biggest religious festival of the year: Christmas.
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