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2. 18 quirky British Christmas traditions that probably confuse ...

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   The BBC reported that the first-known mince-pie recipe dates back to an 1830s-era English cookbook. By the mid-17th century, people reportedly began associating the small pies with Christmas. At ...

3. 9 Christmas traditions in England that probably confuse ... - AOL

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   King George V started the Royal Christmas Message as a radio broadcast in 1932, and it has remained an annual tradition ever since. In 1957, Queen Elizabeth II moved to the broadcast to television

4. Christmas traditions - Wikipedia

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   Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history. In the 15th century, it was recorded that in London, it was the custom at Christmas for every house and all the parish churches to be "decked with holm, ivy, bays, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded to be green". [4]

5. Mummering - Wikipedia

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   Mummering is a Christmas-time house-visiting tradition practiced in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ireland, Philadelphia, and parts of the United Kingdom. Also known as mumming or janneying , it typically involves a group of friends or family who dress in disguise and visit homes within their community or neighboring communities during the twelve ...

6. Boar's Head Carol - Wikipedia

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   The "Boar's Head Carol" (Roud 22229) is a macaronic 15th century [1] [2] English Christmas carol that describes serving a boar's head at a Yuletide feast. Of the several extant versions of the carol, the one most usually performed today is based on a version published in 1521 in Wynkyn de Worde's Christmasse Carolles. [1]

7. 7 British Christmas Traditions That Are Simply Smashing - AOL

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   WPA Pool /GETTY IMAGES. King George V delivered the first holiday address over the radio in 1932, a tradition that Queen Elizabeth II continued until her death (she began televising her speech in ...

8. Category:British Christmas songs - Wikipedia

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   Christmas (song) Christmas Day (Squeeze song) Christmas Dream; Christmas Drillings; Christmas in the Sun; Christmas Lights (song) Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) Christmas Time (Is Here Again) Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On

9. What traditions does the royal family have for Christmas? - AOL

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   This year marks the second Christmas without the late Queen Elizabeth II