Christmas Traditions Started By Queen Victoria | Victorian Farm: Christmas (3/3)

Christmas Traditions Started By Queen Victoria | Victorian Farm: Christmas (3/3) | Absolute History

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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. 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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@keriebeadleston4053 3 жыл бұрын

I love how when someone compliments Ruth on something she made, she says "yeah it came out great!" and gushes about it. It's clearly not in a selfish way, more so with enthusiasm for the technique and respect for the history. Love this series!

@willisfisher46 2 жыл бұрын

I find Ruth lovely and would like to have tea with her.

@katecalhoun1104 2 жыл бұрын

@@willisfisher46 I’ve been watching this series since before I was old enough to even remember it. It was a tradition of my family to watching Victorian Farm Christmas on Xmas eve, and I always said I wanted to be like Ruth Goodman when I grew up. Well, now I’m in my second year of my undergrad in history, so it looks like I’m getting there!

@dwhitman3092 Жыл бұрын

@@katecalhoun1104 Oh congratulations! That's fantastic for you! When did these series originally get released for viewing? I came across them around Xmas 2020 while dealing with some medical issues. I have enjoyed them thoroughly and watched, I believe, at least most of the series.

@marcomarrone174 Жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

@kuzadupa185 Жыл бұрын

Shes clearly putting all the blame on how well the previous generations baked th3se dishes

@patmccrutch3927 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Clumper is just the loveliest thing! What a sweet boy!

@ashleelarsen5002 2 жыл бұрын

That's a gorgeous horse

@throow 3 жыл бұрын

My great great grandfather was a woodworker, he made furniture's. He would make toys for the poor kids in the neighborhood, of scrap wood, and hand them out for Christmas.

@birdsflowers2289 2 жыл бұрын

How delightful !. I still have a dolly bed my grandfather made me when I was little. He made it like something from his boyhood. It has red painted trim like 1915. I love it. Thank you for sharing.

@DawnDavidson Жыл бұрын

@@birdsflowers2289until about 5 years ago (when I sold my home of 21 years), I had a doll cradle made by my grandfather, for my mother, in the late 1930’s or early 40’s. She had Re-painted it to match my room in the 60’s-70’s, with the same flowered “Tole painting” style “headboard” she’d done on my wall (I had allergies, and she was avoiding anything that could build up dust). My daughter used it in the early 2000’s (with her American Girl dolls), and then I gave it away to a mother with several young girls, in the final days of my living in my house in CA (2017). I was happy to know it would be loved some more. :)

@dallasapollo 3 жыл бұрын

“This is the actual very first Christmas card in existence.” *sips a cup of tea over it*

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

Spills a hot cup of tea on it.... **Card disintegrates 😂😂

@meghanosler8005 3 жыл бұрын

I just want to say I absolutely adore this series (along with the other farm life ones)! I'm not even British but I've always been fascinated by how folks lived back before the "modern" era. It's mind opening and entertaining! I also love Ruth, Alex, and Peter! Please never stop making these excellent videos! 🙏

@sbenton62 3 жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly, well said!

@mgansworth78 3 жыл бұрын

I love this series too ! They work so hard to make it as authentic as possible.

@satiricgames2129 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm the same. I can't get enough.

@jedislame 2 жыл бұрын

These videos are so enriching with history and knowledge. Love them!

@lvanderdoes8199 2 жыл бұрын

Just can't get enough!

@seleyav.7101 3 жыл бұрын

Our blacksmith here in my little village in Germany was a farrier, too. He could do great ornamentic decorations for your home. But he was absolutely fantastic with horses. He never used pre-made horse shoes, he made them all from scratch. You went to him especially when your horse had problems with his hooves or had an illness/malposition. He took his time and helped the horse the best he could. Some horses only lived as long as they did because of him. Unfortunately he died several years ago, he was way in his 80s. I'm a bit sad, with the death of people like him a great knowledge also died, because there are too few who want to learn such crafts with all the secrets involved. Many things will be lost this way.

@sylviatamieanan4088 3 жыл бұрын

That difference he talks about strikes me, because in Portuguese "blacksmith" and "farrier" are the same word.

@seleyav.7101 3 жыл бұрын

@@sylviatamieanan4088 In daily talk we often use the german word "Schmied" (blacksmith) for both meanings, people understand that. But technically they are not the same, we here in Germany have many regulations! If anybody want to work in this field they have to take an apprenticeship as a blacksmith for at least 3,5 years. After the successful conclusion they are professional metal workers. They mostly work in the different industries. Some of these workers want to specialize themselves, so they have to go to advanced trainings, as an ornamental blacksmith or a farrier. The training as farrier takes at least 2,5 years, so many decide against it. So you first need to be a blacksmith (or something similar) and then you can become a farrier. Most of the old blacksmiths (60 years and above), especially in rural areas, had the farrier part already in their blacksmith apprenticeship, because horses were more common and often used then.

@willisfisher46 2 жыл бұрын

Bless you

@kasie680 2 жыл бұрын

You will be happy to know that my cousin who is 27 has been making his own shoes for every horse he does, he makes them on the day and makes them to fit, hot shoeing for the best fit! He did his blacksmith/farrier apprenticeship years ago and everyone he does loves him and say their horses no longer have problems

@kasie680 2 жыл бұрын

@@sylviatamieanan4088 probably because the blacksmiths first job was shoeing horses, the other stuff they did with metal came later, eg, the nails they made for horse shoes began to be used in other trades, the shoe maker and or woodworking where they previously used dowels

@rioabegaillatoreno4496 3 жыл бұрын

"For this recipe, you will need...." -Mrs. Crocombe

@lindalepage2302 3 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Crocombe does use Eliza Acton's recipes....

@emilyharrison10 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@KatharineMongrain 3 жыл бұрын

Another favorite series

@matthewwilliams4065 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@carolgraczyk2027 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂🤣🤣

@CreatorCade 3 жыл бұрын

This has been a very wholesome and heartwarming series. Normally I’m the grinch when it come to Christmas but I have to say my heart grew three times by the episodes end.

@sheilaboston7051 2 жыл бұрын

So much more fulfilling than today's commercial Christmas. I'm so glad I grew up in the 50's and can remember simpler times.

@travisxzavier3345 2 жыл бұрын

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@connieheitz8982 3 жыл бұрын

The cow looking at them singing "Really!". 😆

@pattierotondo1108 2 жыл бұрын

God bless the Acton family for keeping these traditions alive. That is a precious gift to the future.

@cristiaolson7327 3 жыл бұрын

What a lovely Christmas gift that they posted these extra episodes so we could go back to the Victorian farm one more time. Out of all the Farm series, the Victorian is my favorite. Glad they still have Clumper too. Such a handsome boy.

@kristen4113 3 жыл бұрын

"Never mind the filling up, pump it, Peter!" My favorite part lol

@marseidson566 3 жыл бұрын

You could see his frustration intensify

@LeeDassin 3 жыл бұрын

Yup he didn't mess around!

@kuzadupa185 Жыл бұрын

"Dont pussyfoot, you won't hurt it" ... i really REALLY love this old timer!!! He in his old age is still in charge and in command of that forge. I love it. Wish this individual was in more episodes!

@mamiemonrovia7654 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid in the early 1960s we always got an orange in the toe of our hand made felt and beaded Christmas stockings

@ITI-xi5zx 2 жыл бұрын

that sounds lovely

@NothingToNoOneInParticular 3 ай бұрын

I do Christmas stockings for a few older neighbor ladies. With oranges and whole nuts and candies and toys for their pets!

@shieldmaiden8128 22 күн бұрын

As a kid in the 80s, we got oranges or tangerines in the toe of our stockings too

@valeriataylor8337 3 жыл бұрын

is there a better way to show history than living it? I love thses series. My fave one still is the making of a castle, but all of them are fabulous! thank you for the effort!

@eunicestone838 2 жыл бұрын

The cow gave them a VERY WARY side eye....

@christianneforman40 Жыл бұрын

I loved seeing Mr. Ivan Day, it reminds me of the Days of Upstairs Downstairs with Rosemary and Tim! I miss them.

@Litepaw 3 жыл бұрын

I would've been a blacksmith for sure if i lived in the past. I just feel a connection with it :) Thanks for this christmas present of a mini series ❤️

@sarabeth6701d 3 жыл бұрын

Love this video!! So cool to see the history behind a lot of Christmas traditions!! I was a bit excited too because John Horsley (artist behind the Christmas card) is a direct ancestor of mine!!

@reggieshmeggie4219 3 жыл бұрын

Woooow that's kinda cool :)

@misspeach3755 3 жыл бұрын

@@zachhorsley9221 That's fascinating! So you and the commentor above are related then.

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 Жыл бұрын

I seldom see my childhood name, sarahbeth, on these posts...it is very Victorian too. All the best.

@birdsflowers2289 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this. I see many similarities to how my American family celebrated Christmas.Clear down to the act of feeding the wild birds. ❤️Thank you for warming my heart

@spacewater7 3 жыл бұрын

The beetlecoats are coming! The beetlecoats are coming! I mean the redcoats! 34:50 Er, the Beatles are coming? -the-crowds-scream-

@patriciaenglish9270 2 жыл бұрын

Good one!

@KatharineMongrain 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love these series. These guys are awesome together.

@johnbigboote8900 2 жыл бұрын

I really hope that this series never ends, but I can't help thinking, as each one comes to an end, that their next leap will be the one that takes them ... hoooome.

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

HAHA, love the Quantum Leap reference! 😉

@StargateGoddess 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, my family here in Germany does put up smaller decorations around the house weeks before Christmas, but we always wait until Christmas Eve to put up the tree.

@kenmore01 3 жыл бұрын

Curious, when do you usually take it down? In America, we typically put our up around 01 Dec. then take it down (dried up) about a week after new year. No fire hazard with LED lights. 😁

@StargateGoddess 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a child the tree would only be taken down somewhen in January, but these days it‘s usually before new year. As a matter of fact, my father just took everything down, and it‘s only the 29th.

@klaudiamagyar1088 3 жыл бұрын

Same in Hungary! And we take it down on the 6th of January

@kumaahito3927 3 жыл бұрын

@@klaudiamagyar1088 yep. Though that varies quite a bit. Ours usually stay up from 24dec to the end of January. (Also from Hungary)

@lourdesprudencio5647 3 жыл бұрын

@ stargate,, WOW.. that is cool. If I put the tree up on Xmas Eve. I would be so behind. I have 40 boxes of Christmas to put up. It takes 3 days to put up... I love Christmas 🎄⛄.... I love old traditions too.

@deannastevens1217 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Such a great series. After doing Renaissance Faires and finding out how to do things the way they did, these shows are great to see how things advance and yet... stay the same. Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

@caseyslove Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy this series. The people are adventurous folk who are prepared to do what needs to be done to re-live this historic period.

@misspeach3755 3 жыл бұрын

32:35 "not from chemicals, but from nature" should actually be "not synthetically, but organically". It's still chemicals that do the dyeing - be it from a synthetic source or an organic one like a plant.

@annehaight9963 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, many industrial dyes today are still derived from organic sources.

@sylviatamieanan4088 3 жыл бұрын

@@annehaight9963 Yes, all "strawberry flavored" candies in market today use conchonillas for the colour.

@alicehardy9094 Жыл бұрын

OH, how disgusting! I"ve never liked strawberry anything, especially things artificially flavored strawberry, like pudding, ice cream, margaritas, etc. I can barely eat whole, fresh berries, but not flavoring! When i make "strawberry shortcake" in the summer, I always substitute raspberries. They greatly improve the dish in my opinion. When I got a daughter-in-law who is alergic to strawberries, it was perfect! Now the raspberries aren't my "fault" anymore and I'm not "forcing" my tastes onto others!! Now I have another reason to avoid commercial strawberry flavoring--its all full of BUGS! V Very interesting. Thank you.

@JSkyGemini 3 жыл бұрын

I love the horse and his new shoes. Just figuring out horses needed them and they have to be custom made, would have been a feat in itself!

@alyssamorgan9691 3 жыл бұрын

Ahaha I see what you did there

@sheilaboston7051 2 жыл бұрын

It still amazes me how people worked out some of the ways to make things. I mean, who would even KEEP stale urine, let alone think that it might be useful to colourise ribbons!

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 Жыл бұрын

@@sheilaboston7051 I've often thought that people appear to be very clever in earlier times because they had to be in order to survive; conversely, many today appear the opposite because the dire challenges to survival have, for most people, been removed .

@christmasina 2 жыл бұрын

I could watch that man shoe a horse all day. Such a craftsman.

@patrician5215 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved watching again the Christmas season. Thank you so much❤

@johnlord8337 3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't Queen Victoria that brought in such activities. It was Prince Albert of Germany, like the Germans in colonial America that changed up the holy days. Norse-German lights (candles) on pine trees since the days of Luther - not in England nor colonial American until the Hanovers came into England, and Germans into America. And Charles Dickens and his Christmas story also created a national movement.

@LathropLdST 3 жыл бұрын

They mentioned it in the tree part, how Coburg trees were the inspiration. Victoria got most of the inspiration from Albert to create The Victorian Family © flair.

@NothingToNoOneInParticular 3 ай бұрын

Queen Charlotte of Mecklinburg-Strelitz (George III's wife) actually brought them over, but Prince Albert popularized them with public in general as part of their campaign to present themselves as family oriented. The prints of the royal tree surrounded by the Royal family and Leitzen were the popular prints of the day.

@valeriereed5401 Жыл бұрын

I have learned so much by watching these series.

@monicapyle 3 жыл бұрын

This channel made me stop romanticising old eras 😁

@shitbag. 3 жыл бұрын

16:26 *breaths deeply

@Author.Noelle.Alexandria 3 жыл бұрын

@@shitbag. Turducken.

@Delaney-and-the-Starlight 3 жыл бұрын

@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria I can’t believe the Victorians we’re responsible, no wait... IN FACT I CAN’T BELIEVE I DIDN’T REALIZE IT SOONER! OF COURSE THEY DID! 🤣

@Litepaw 3 жыл бұрын

This channel _made_ me romanticise them lol

@ville666sora 3 жыл бұрын

This channel made me romanticize them even more lol

@johnlord8337 3 жыл бұрын

The ancient tur-du-ken. Goose, duck, partridge, and pigeon. No chicken or pheasants from India and the British Empire as yet.

@StanHowse 3 жыл бұрын

The Romans used to roast a Chicken, stuffed into a Duck, stuffed into a Goose, stuffed into a Pig, stuffed into a Cow. And then it roasted for like a week.

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

Well, the "India-hen" (aka turkey) was just becoming readily available to the every day Englander during the Victorian era.... Thanks to the burgeoning turkey industry, turkey became affordable to the average person. Before then, it was mostly a delicacy for the nobility. (Turkeys first arrived in England in 1526 through a sailor named William Strickland.) Aaaand, I'm done with my random turkey rant now.... 🤪

@LadyBoyToby 3 жыл бұрын

I used to have one of those pianos when I was young. They were so much fun during Christmas we would all sing and have it play a song and us little kids would jingle bells and cowbells.

@dumbdogsdontbark 2 жыл бұрын

How did the first person figure out that stale urine was essential? Did they just piss into their decorations for kicks?

@SuperFriendBFG 3 жыл бұрын

"And now we'll learn to make brilliant colours with chemicals, not nature... well it's all chemistry, so..."

@frank6842 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm looking for some coke." Me: 👁️👄👁️

@Sierralovescharles 3 жыл бұрын

Haha

@patriciaenglish9270 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@FlowersHereGrow 3 жыл бұрын

I liked when they sang a shanty to the cattle.

@sheilaboston7051 2 жыл бұрын

The cow didn't look that impressed though!

@asuri5298 3 жыл бұрын

Clumper's hooves are huge :o

@lilwil-ns3uo Жыл бұрын

I love watching these three historians and t their trips back in time. So fascinating! My mother always gave each of us children an orange and a pound of real butter (something very special and usually expensive the rest of the year). I'm so happy I have these memories and passed it down to my own son. He also fondly looks forward to these shocking gifts. We almost l looked forward to our stockings more than the actual gifts, almost. My mother to this day in her 80's still makes sure that everyone has their traditional stockings. I absolutely love it and I'm in my 60's now.

@judymccoy6688 Жыл бұрын

My two sisters and I grew up getting nuts in shells, oranges and apples in large stockings our mother made when I was seven years old. I still hang mine every Christmas and I am 77 years old. My kids make sure it is filled every year. Great memories!

@timfarris6801 2 жыл бұрын

Its 2022 and I been watching these shows sinse 2007 I love them

@danirijilla 2 жыл бұрын

39:40 Here in Germany many people look for their Christmas tree and decorate it on Christmas eve. It was considered modest before, nowadays is more of a family tradition thing. I myself like to put it on before (to be able to really enjoy it), but my father-in-law still believes it must be decorated only until December 24th. He's almost 70 years old. 51:00 Here in Germany children leave, on the night of December 5th, a polished shoe outside their door. During the night/early morning, the shoe gets stuffed with oranges, sweets, and maybe a little toy. It's called Nikolaustag (and it's celebrated on the morning of December 6th).

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

"Here's a toast to them as we love, and a toast to them that loves us.....AND here's to them who loves them who loves those who loves those who loves them that loves us...." 😂 🍻🤤🍻 (Hours later, he's still toasting....🤣)

@DeDeNoM 3 жыл бұрын

Who would have thought the turducken goes back to the victorian times

@elizakelly1465 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, there are similar recipes from the middle ages, less the turkey.

@frank6842 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like something they would do

@seanpatrick5256 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved this series. I am A Christmas Carol fanatic. Seeing all there efforts. This makes me appreciate my ancestors much much more.

@dragonvliss2426 Жыл бұрын

I love this series so much, from whatever historical period it is. My major in university was history, specializing in European / British history, and then after I graduated from school, I got involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism, which recreates living history from about 500 AD to 1650 AD. with regular feasts and tournaments, with period weapons, clothing, food, and other period crafts, like, of course, blacksmithing. I collected medieval recipes in Latin and English, worked them up, and published a little book, and also wrote a book for society people on how to construct medieval clothing. A lot of the plants for food and color, and other methods of creating things, continued down through the Victorian period. Every so often, I will see something and go, "Oh, I remember doing that in the SCA!" I so wish I could have been involved in creating this series.

@widowrumstrypze9705 Жыл бұрын

They did a Tudor Farm series first, I believe, then Edwardian, then Victorian!

@pushinkeys 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve binged each episode after watching the first one, multiple times.

@NothingToNoOneInParticular 3 ай бұрын

I love them all, even Edwardian Farm but Wartime Farm is my favorite. I was glad they cut a few characters after Tales from the Green Valley but Kept Mr Hutton on the history of festivities!

@southernwanderer7912 3 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic series.

@serenagrisdale6969 3 жыл бұрын

Love ❤️ learning where our traditions originated from

@ratulxy 3 жыл бұрын

Damn these old folks were reallllly bossy.

@carolgraczyk2027 2 жыл бұрын

I love at Christmas it is all still green there! In the USA where I live we would have 2 feet of snow ( .61 meters ) and everything is frozen.

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

AND Ruth's planting a garden....In the winter?.... Not here in Minnesota! (Wouldn't even be able to turn the soil with it frozen hard as a rock through April....) 😂❄☃❄

@honeyestbee Жыл бұрын

I don’t think it was actually filmed in December. It is too green.

@davidsradioroom9678 3 жыл бұрын

Very well made and informative!

@sofieflowers7826 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching this video around Christmas! It always gets me in the holiday spirit. :)

@marksanders2237 3 жыл бұрын

"Posh, great mate, merry Christmas!"

@timothyj1966 3 жыл бұрын

Great Documentary! 🎄

@nevafitzgerald2402 7 ай бұрын

How I love the beauty of this time period . hard working people enjoying the fruits of their Labor thank you for this beautiful tutorial.🙏🎄

@sdb9884 6 ай бұрын

46:29 The look this cow is giving to the singers made me burst out laughing! Love this series!

@richlovin2173 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome presentation. I learned a lot.

@monakayk 3 жыл бұрын

🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄

@williamrust374 Жыл бұрын

Sandi here- When I was learning blacksmithing (I made a hook with a curl and a twist), I learned one major difference between the hammerwork in carpentry vs. the hammerwork in blacksmithing - with carpentry, you hit the metal (nail) until it goes in all the way; With blacksmithing, you hit the metal until it is what you want it to be.

@slaveNo-4028 Жыл бұрын

am I the only one who finds it hilarious that they always call these two grown men "THE BOYS"? Gives me a good chuckle every time. Is this a British thing? Either way, I'm absolutely loving it. Plus I'm finding it curious that many of the savory dishes are called pies or pudding lol.

@lisalapoint7022 Жыл бұрын

Yes, they are the boys! But is no disrespect meant. They are truly men in the best sense of the word!

@slaveNo-4028 Жыл бұрын

@@lisalapoint7022 Very true, I think it's more of a British saying, but it's really cute and kinda fitting despite them also being very mature and respectable gentlemen it seems

@susandevine3907 6 ай бұрын

Have you noticed that women are still OFTEN referred to as “the girls”? I wish more people saw this as funny as well.

@barbarahorn2128 2 жыл бұрын

Love this series. Shows all the hard work in a day. Very few of us could live like this now. We are used to all the convenaces of the time. I have lived a off grid lifestyle, hauled my own water and cooked on coal fires. Did my wash by hand. No electricity, except for a small generator for watching DVDs. My only modern convenience. I enjoyed it for awhile. It was a life experience. I am back in a house with all the bells and whistles. Both have there merits

@wasnhas Жыл бұрын

Great episode, fantastic series !

@youtubehatesus2651 Жыл бұрын

I love the farm videos, every series.

@jmmahony 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize the "turducken" concept started way back then.

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

Before the Medieval period, actually.... (That GIGANTO slab of bacon really sold it for me!) Get in my mouth, NOW! 😛😂

@deborahklinlger8565 Жыл бұрын

I love how the cows gave the farmers a side eye when they sang to the livestock on Christmas day!!!

@heathermaich8966 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you

@Cook-hb2nf 6 ай бұрын

I love Acton Sr! He has a kind of dry sense of humor but I would love to hear some of the stories he could tell!

@fabledfantasty7343 Жыл бұрын

Perfect end to my Christmas Eve of 2022.

@ScratchthechalkBoard 3 жыл бұрын

Standy uppie shapes lol

@kasie680 2 жыл бұрын

I love how angry farriers get when horses don’t stand still lol

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

It's like with photographers and children.... GET BACK HERE! HOLD STILL!😂

@SetYourself0nFire 3 жыл бұрын

"landlords would host a feast, but it was up to the tenants to do the hard work of preparing it." nothing has changed. landlords exploit the working class and call it hospitality. (love the series though)

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

Well, the landlords were obviously too busy playing with their mooing book to prepare a feast.... 😂😂

@estherwijnbeek8072 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video! a friend of my hubby send us this first Christmascard :)

@diananievesavellanet 3 жыл бұрын

Love, love, love this series! The perfect duo however, are Ruth and Peter! Actually, I think is a hunk. 😋 A real man's man❣

@ottoandnibbles 2 жыл бұрын

Let's hear it for Alex, Clumper's buddy! 🥳🥳

@curtissmith5875 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite ones !

@autumnsmith3585 2 жыл бұрын

In my country "pudding" comes in vanilla / chocolate...lol. "Putting it on cloth is a much better thing than a sheep's stomach." AMEN. Your guy's cakes turned out to look yummy!

@bessiemann7468 2 жыл бұрын

Love these series

@Knorkooli 3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever wonder why parts of the world say MERRY CHRISTMAS why others day HAPPY CHRISTMAS (Mainly the UK)? Well, I did and here was the answer I got: This is believed to be because "happy" took on a higher class connotation than "merry," which was associated with the rowdiness of the lower classes. The royal family adopted "Happy Christmas" as their preferred greeting, and others took note. So, are they saying that those whom say Merry Christmas are of lower class status?

@dross24MA 2 жыл бұрын

Those who say Merry Christmas are merely saying Merry Christmas - nothing more.

@mgansworth78 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas ! 🎄❄ Stay safe everyone

@morenofranco9235 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, Absolute History... that you get all these experts ON EVERY THING in, to deliver their expertise. Thank you.

@ruth4489 7 ай бұрын

I think in the States extreme dehydrated wood would be the coke or dried out charcoal. My parents to this day send out Christmas cards and stamps in the USA nowadays are expensive, about 55 cents a piece. Loved the ferrier, he really knew his stuff and reminded me when i lived in a small town growing up and everyone had horses. I live in Texas and we have all kinds of horses out here and being a ferrier is a good job to have.

@RoseCarroll-pk6mt 8 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤😂

@JoMarieM 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. . .there's definitely a difference between what people in the UK call pudding, and what Americans call pudding. In the US, pudding is a sweet, creamy desert, usually bought at the grocery store in a plastic tub, and it is NEVER a savory dish! In the UK, on the other hand, the pudding looks more like cake, and is sometimes part of a savory course at dinner!

@seleyav.7101 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Germany pudding is also the sweet creamy milk desert, mostly vanilla or chocolade flavour or with semolina. And just like the british pudding you can put him in molds to form it nice. But you are right, I was a bit bewildered when I finally understood what british people see as pudding.

@17106g 3 жыл бұрын

In South Africa we have a bit of both worlds. We have a malva pudding that has a sort of cake like consistency. But the also have the sweet and creamy stuff

@annehaight9963 3 жыл бұрын

Yorkshire pudding, a traditional British side dish, is basically a popover made with bacon fat or beef roast drippings.

@lourdesprudencio5647 3 жыл бұрын

I make a sweet pudding with bread. Very old tradition.. so good.

@sheilaboston7051 2 жыл бұрын

@@annehaight9963 ?? Yorkshire pudding is made from beaten flour, milk and egg and then cooked in an oven in very hot dripping. It stays flatter in the centre and rises up the sides of the pan. It's traditionally served with roast beef. Another option is to put sausages in the roasting pan as well, which gives you Toad in the Hole.

@NothingToNoOneInParticular 2 жыл бұрын

Queen Charlotte, George the III's wife actually brought the Christmas tree to Britain. Prince Albert popularized it, but did not introduce it to Britain. The music as Alex lights the forge fire is used in "Great British Ghosts" season 1 & 2!

@loriar1027 Жыл бұрын

Those cows looked as if they could have happily dispensed with the Christmas singing. Like, “yeah, you sing to me today, but you’ll happily send me to the butcher tomorrow.”

@lisalapoint7022 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, wassailing has nothing to do with the birth of Christ. Singing to beasts and plants, thanking them instead of thanking the CREATOR who made them, is a bit pagan. It was a pagan practice orginially. Not saying it doen't have a sentimental meaning or fun for those who did, and do it still.

@valeriebartz4549 3 жыл бұрын

YESSS ITS HERE!!!!

@s.knaturegirl9895 3 жыл бұрын

i love this show

@Lee23547 2 ай бұрын

As someone who loves history, I consumed so much of it at a very young age that by the time I came across romantic films or tv shows based on this eras, my mind would constantly remind me that whatever romantic notions I see are not real….remember what you learnt about hygiene or sanitation etc, etc

@aprilwhitaker9806 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching the farrier coming to our house and being very fascinated with what he was doing.

@WrongWayRomanGabe Жыл бұрын

The farm animals look at them with great suspicion when they all gathered in their barn to sing!

@akoilady9097 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure the cow appreciated the wassel singing. LOL

@lever0811 2 жыл бұрын

Delightful programming.

@JamieHaDov 7 ай бұрын

Queen Charlotte, wife of George III also brought the Christmas Tree tradition, only then it was only within the royal household. It was card showing the royal family around their tree that popularized it

@putrimerdekawati106 2 жыл бұрын

For a moment i forgot that i live in 2021, watching this like i live in it. Can feel the vibe like it's happen before.

@dross24MA 2 жыл бұрын

West Gallery Music is such fun to play and it was a surprise and a pleasure to hear it at 52:00 and to have the historian explaining it to the congregants. Hooray and Enjoy!

@dreamwarrior7032 3 жыл бұрын

i think peter and alex are a item, the little looks they give each other and the chem they have for each other .....great show btw....what can i say peter is some nice eye candy

@sheilaboston7051 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to destroy your fantasies, Peter is married and has two children.

@CelticPrincess 2 жыл бұрын

Alex is married as well and has two children, a girl and a boy

@ITI-xi5zx 2 жыл бұрын

@@sheilaboston7051 does he have social media or something?

@Bambisgf77 Жыл бұрын

Why must every male friendship be labeled gay now? It’s ridiculous. Just let them be good friends & stop projecting yourself onto them. 🙄