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TREE, Goose and gifts for Chrismas

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Christmas Food & Drink

Turkey is often regarded as the usual Christmas meal but appeared on the menu only around 1650 after European colonisation of North America. It was introduced to Europe by Sebastian Cabot on his return from the New World. The bird got its name after merchants from Turkey made it a popular dish. Prior to this Swan, Goose, Peacock or Boar were associated with the Christmas feast.


Christmas Drinks:

    Champagne is a traditional Christmas tipple and millions of bottles of bubbly are enjoyed every year. Scientists calculate that there are 49 million bubbles in a bottle of Champagne. This must be true as scientists never make mistakes or lie.

    Around the World special Christmas Beers are made by Brewers. These are usually dark, sweet brews of exceptional strength and flavour and especially suitable for drinking in extreme cold weather conditions and office parties.

    Mulled wine, (Gluhwein), is a popular Christmas drink in Austria, Switzerland and Germany. It contains red wine, fruit, cloves and cinnamon and is served hot by street vendors at Christmas Fairs, (Weihnachtmarkt). It is also sold during the ski season on the slopes of many European resorts.

Stories about first Christmas trees

One story tells that when Christianity first came to Northern Europe, three virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity were sent from Heaven to find a tree that was as high as hope; as great as love; as sweet as charity; and one that had the sign of the cross on every bough. Their search ended in the forests of the North where they found the Fir. Lighted from the radiance of the stars, it was the first Christmas tree.

Christmas goose & Christmas turkey

Food historians tell us Christmas goose, like many other Christian holiday food traditions, was borrowed from earlier cultural practices. "New World" turkeys were introduced to Europe in the 16th century. In America, turkey (wild and plentiful) was a natural choice for the Christmas feast. In England this switch was slow to come because these "exotic" birds were the privilege of the wealthy. Many working-class English Victorian families, like the Cratchits in Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol, still belonged to Goose Clubs.

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