Christmas Special: You're Invited to a Roman and Victorian Celebration

About this episode

The episode explores Roman and Victorian Christmas traditions through a comedic lens.

With the Winter Solstice firmly in our rearview mirror, we round out the year with an especially festive episode! Hugh cordially invites you and Douglas to the Roman Midwinter celebration of Saturnalia, which sowed the seeds of many Christmas traditions we enjoy to this day. Then we exchange gifts as Douglas returns the favour by taking you and Hugh through a typical Victorian working class Christmas eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. And you're all invited to a special Christmas quiz at the Ferret and Trouserleg in Lavenham. God bless us, everyone! ------ History for You with Douglas and Hugh is a spoof comedy podcast about history written, performed and produced by Adrian Mackinder and James Devonshire , with music by Mike Jones . Let us know your thoughts and suggestions for future episodes. Connect with us here: https://tinyurl.com/History4UFacebook https://tinyurl.com/History4UBlueSky https://tinyurl.com/History4UInstagram Adrian and James are also published authors: The Wonder 1: Blood Red https://amzn.eu/d/0gk3Qiq Stan Lee: How Marvel Changed the World https://linktr.ee/stanleebook Death and the Victorians https://linktr.ee/deathandthevictorians Adrian is also a stand-up…

People in this episode

Hosts: Douglas Wrattle, Hugh Canard

Topics covered

• Christmas traditions
• Roman celebrations
• Victorian Christmas
• Saturnalia
• holiday festivities
• comedy

Keywords

• Christmas
• Saturnalia
• Victorian
• holiday
• traditions
• comedy
• quiz

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ferret and Trouserleg

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