How Victorian England Celebrated Christmas | Victorian Farm: Christmas (3/3) | Real History
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- Опубликовано: 20 дек 2022
- Christmas is coming to Acton Scott, but first there's a huge amount of preparation to do. Ruth Goodman and food historian Ivan Day try their hand at making a Christmas pudding using the same methods as Bob Cratchit's wife in A Christmas Carol.
Meanwhile, Alex and Peter light the forge for the first time to re-shoe the farm workhorse Clumper - the first time a horse has been shod at this forge in over five decades.
Alex goes in search of a Christmas tree for the banquet, while Ruth and Peter head for the Victorian town of Blists Hill for Christmas shopping. At the cottage, Ruth meets Debbie Bamford to dye an array of colourful Christmas ribbons to decorate the tree and the presents that sit beneath it.
Finally it's time for the Christmas meal in the estate's School Hall. With a rapturous toast to Queen Victoria and a quick trip to the cattle shed to wassail the animals, day turns into night and the drunken Victorian parlour games commence. The next morning it'll be time for the team to bid a fond farewell to Mr Acton as they depart Acton Scott for good.
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Love the side eye look the cow gave to the singers. Made me chuckle as I imagined his thoughts.
"Work on the farm doesn't stop just because it's Christmas" - best narrator ever
As a true, blue Yank, I find these traditions and craftspeople absolutely BRILLIANT! Bravo to you Brits who understand how to keep traditions and history alive and well. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
All Brits still celebrate Christmas this way. Especially using urine on the fabric.
Every country keeps traditions and history alive. Including yours. Don't be such a cynic.
My grandmother lived in the time if Victoria and would have done much that you presented here. She did have a tradition-which I don't know if it was common tradition or just her own family- of the Christmas cake. A cake was baked with a charm inside. The icing was scored for the slices to be cut. The one who gets the charm is said to have good luck in the coming year. My grandmother had her charm beacelet, as did my mother and aunts, from this tradition
Yes and as years passed we would put a silver sixpence in the cake or Christmas pudding. They also used to put them inside Halloween cakes but as time passed it was no longer allowed for safety reasons in case of choking! ♥️🎄
This tradition is still alive on my country. The cake is just a huge wheel shaped (empty center) cut in half and filled with whipped cream. Two things are inside: a charm (good luck) and a raw bean. The one who gets the raw bean must pay for the entire cake, though usually it’s just for giggles.
I remember Christmas cakes but not the charms. What a wonderful tradition!
It’s so interesting how many cultures share a similar tradition. I can’t say for certain, but I’d guess that it originates back to The British. I know my Carrie’s over the tradition from Mexico. There’s some differences, but the spirit is there.
Now THIS is Christmas! So elegant, cozy and well earned. ^^
Absolutely love all the different ones Ruth, Peter and Alex did. I usually watch the one of Christmas every year. Merry Christmas to everyone
My mother was a strict Catholic and we had Advent until midnight on Christmas Eve, so we didn't decorate the tree until Christmas Eve night. Usually we got to bed after 3 am.
Just like the Victorians.
And then the Christmas season lasts through January! I am in a strict Catholic Latin mass congregation now and I love it
@@marykunzgoldman1276 Not in my mother's house but I celebrated the 12 days of Christmas with my children.
I love this video ❤. The Victorian Era has always been of great interest to me!! Perhaps because my bloodline hails from England, Scotland and Denmark. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful video 💕🙏🙏
I truly enjoy these. As a true historian. I love to see this. I've watched all of them over and over.
I watch all the Xmas videos they did for every farm episode every year. It’s my
Little tradition. ❤❤❤happy Xmas everyone
Absolutely loved all of their shows. Watched them all numerous times here in British Columbia on the Knowledge Network.
What a cool way to enjoy Christmas.
Great video. Truly enjoyed watching them get the forge up and going. I never knew what went into re-shoeing a horse, that gentleman was amazing to watch.
Although I was born in the 1980s my family’s 40 acre farm was plowed, planted, cut, baled, and fertilized using horse drawn equipment from the late 1800s. Not being mechanically inclined, horses were much easier to keep running. In my late teens I was made responsible for shoeing our team of Belgian draft horses. Our mare, Dolly, would stand still occasionally nuzzling my back ; her partner Dick, was another story altogether! He would get bored standing still and would incrementally shift his weight away from his 3 grounded hooves and onto my back! The sneaky devil would need an elbow to his “armpit” to wake him up and bear his own weight while I finished the job! ❤. Dick and Dolly have been gone 20+ years now but I still think of them often and wish we were still farming together.
Very interesting, so festive I felt like I was celebrating with them all. Only thing I didn't like was the fact I couldn't eat & drink with them. The food & drink looked so yummy..🍷🍞🍷🥐🥂🍾🥮🥂🧆🍷🍾🍲🥂🍷🍠🍷🍾🧑🌾🧑🏭🤴👸
wow I wish I lived in that world, it's beautiful!!!
I too long for a more civilized time. A time where hardworking men were appreciated, and the role of husband and wife complimented one another. Instead of trying to fight for dominance.
I love these shows! Ihad Christmas pudding for the first time ever this past Christmas...it was delicious! I don't have a copper to boil a pudding, but I'm looking for a pudding basin.
Prince Albert may have popularized the Christmas tree, but Queen Charlotte introduced it
That was an interesting Christmas story I really enjoyed watching that
I wouldn't mind eating goose,duck 🦆 and chicken 🐔 but I think I draw the line at partridge and pigeon and I'm glad they don't eat swan 🦢 anymore and I had heard at one time they ate peacock 🦚 and I would draw the line at that too
They decorated late because everything was fresh; unlike cheap plastic trees, ornaments.
I’d say it was more to do with the fact that there simply was no time until the day of.
They were maythe Victorian version of the Turducken!😄
lol the look on the cows face while they were singing
Exactly what amused me a great deal and wanted to say. God bless you all!
Such a wonderful celebration!
This was wonderful to watch..thank you…🇦🇺
This was very interesting to see. I loved it!
I love these shows
How charming. Very capital 😊
That cow’s like “wth?” 46:09
Oh my. I sure enjoyed this.
That was just lovely!
That was Great. Loved it
Oh the cake mold was neat
Love these shows 👍🇬🇧
Lovely!
Mines wrapped in the wee wee ribbon...😅😅😅😅
Great production! I think the video annotation at the end should go on the right of the screen so that the crew involved in the production isn't hidden by the suggested video.
I was expecting to watch the history of Christmas tree....
The need to check things out more thoroughly is here in concern with the Christmas cards and the Puritans trying to dissuade people from buying them. It is because they depicted children drinking wine again It was that they had children drinking wine on them.
I recall when I visited England in 1977; I was at my Grandma's home and after she had offered me mincemeat tarts I asked her what suet was and why was it the tarts? Being a vegetarian it didn't go over well with me when she said it was fat......still don't understand why they feel it is necessary to put fat in them....
😂 ugh you're one of THOSE insufferable people. You must make family gatherings fun...
Because most people weren’t vegetarians by choice back then. You can make it without the fat.
It’s more sustainable to use all parts of the animal…
Por qué no está doblado al español ?
But where is the snow? is it real Christmas??
The klan beat the ever living hell out of Micah’s daddy
Ruth 's teeth looks like Wallace & Gromit 's teeth 😬😬