CHRISTMAS was once cancelled in England – and it wasn’t by the ... if it weren't for Canterbury’s spark of rebellion our festive traditions could have looked very different.

Folktales around the fire, gooding & mumping and the terrifying Hooden Horse are just some of England's winter ... dark origins of some of our Christmas traditions that can be traced back ...

And in Puritan England, in New England, they did also. In Scotland they did. So in places where they took that very seriously, they don’t have very strong Christmas traditions. And I think in a way ...

It’s thought the tradition stemmed from Germany ... and Prince Albert are said to be the ones that made Christmas trees popular in England during the 1800s, King George III’s German wife ...

But for the holiday season in 1984, he traveled 4,000 miles across the pond to England for a Channel 2 special where he showed Chicago families all the traditions and customs of Christmas there.

From the exotic to the everyday, the royals Christmas menus through the years might pose some surprises: with moulds of puréed pheasant meat and macaroni with tomato sauce.

possibly because of the anti-Christmas traditions of New England. In fact, many of New England’s churches are still closed on 25 December. It was not until 1870 that Christmas became a federal ...

In America, the Christmas ghost story tradition never quite caught on. Instead, scary stories remained a Halloween tradition. In England, where Halloween wasn’t as popular, Guy Fawkes Day ...

Today, in Cambridge, England, as the sun begins to set ... and millions listening around the globe. Join the tradition from King’s College, Cambridge. The annual live broadcast of the Festival ...

New England Christmas food traditions are anchored in the foods brought over by the region’s earliest European settlers. Roasted Christmas goose makes more appearances on Christmas tables in the ...

According to Historic England ... s spark of rebellion our festive traditions could have looked very different. Meanwhile, Brits can enjoy the Christmas cheer in the top most festive cities ...