Author: Luke B

Did you know….   The first tinsel was made of silver, yup that’s right, good old silver (Ag). However this meant that it was easily tarnished and could only be afforded by the cream of the cream of society. Over the...

It is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas day!   As we know (don’t tell me you’ve not read day 2) Oliver Cromwell banned all things related to christmas in 1647, this included mince pies and all things considered...

Should probably get this out of the way early on so as not to bring everyone down nearer the day, but unfortunately Christamas. Is BANNED. Or that’s what you would have heard in England in 1647 when the English parliament...

Regardless of what you may think, the humble advent calendar is a relatively young Christmas tradition. Although people began counting down the days till Christmas many many centuries ago, most of them used chalk marks on a door...