I’m going to be quick as the Masterchef final is on. Anyhow. On this day last year, I made two pomanders. I didn’t need to…
5 January 2021 – Twelfth Night pt1
When I last checked my highly scientific Twitter poll, tomorrow was favourite for taking down the Christmas decorations. But only just. Twelfth Night isn’t exactly…
27 December 2020 – Christmas Sunday
It’s Christmas Sunday. I’d never heard of Christmas Sunday before searching ‘what is the Sunday after Christmas called?’, but in hindsight, the name does feel…
26 December 2020 – Twelvetide
I’m going back to my 6 December folklore, when I made the basic error of believing the text I was looking at meant the 6th and the…
25 December 2020 – Christmas Day
FOLKLORE ONEI was first out of the house today, so I have the luck seeing as I said ‘Welcome, Old Father Christmas’ as I opened…
24 December 2020 – Christmas Eve
I’m going to make this quick, after all it is Christmas Eve. I’ve left things out for Santa and his reindeer. And also for the…
23 December 2020 – La Longue Veille
In Guernsey, Christmas Eve Eve is traditionally called La Longue Veille, or The Long Knitting Evening. It was a time to finish any outstanding knitting…