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Events

Christmas Day

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The Christmas Egg

Anglo-Saxon abbot Elfric tentatively likened the new-born Jesus to an egg.

8

Christmas Bells

The sounds of an English country Christmas helped Tennyson in his deep mourning for an old friend.

9

Aaron’s Rod

The Victorian practice of hanging sugared nuts on a Christmas tree was bursting with Biblical symbolism.

10

How St Euphemia Saved Christmas

The martyr St Euphemia played a vital role in preventing the message of Christmas from being watered down.

11

Queen Charlotte’s Christmas Tree

Cromwell’s killjoys almost silenced the English Christmas, but thanks to a royal family tradition the message is still being proclaimed.

12

Season of Goodwill

‘Goodwill’ was on everyone’s lips, but the Roman Emperor and the God of Israel had very different ideas about it.