Christmas pudding is a relatively recent concoction of two older, at least medieval, dishes. The first was a runny porridge ...

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After a long fast, Medieval Christendom typically celebrated the holiday with many days of raucous festivities ...

Esslingen Christmas market is in fact two markets rolled into one. Alongside a traditional market with all the festive gifts and foods you’d expect, there’s also a medieval market, where every ...

Wrapping gifts, placing them under trees and opening them on Christmas Day are a relatively modern invention — in early medieval times, some Christian rulers thought that the story of the three ...

Triptii Dimri's wanderlust is shining through as she takes a serene escape to Castle Combe, England. The actress is treating her followers to dreamy glimpses of the picturesque village. One snap ...

These anxieties are as prevalent today as they were in the Middle Ages, when the élites of medieval Ireland hosted great Christmas celebrations to impress others not just with their hospitality ...

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who will be singing Christmas carols throughout the day. Blackfriars general manager Rebecca Armstrong said: "Blackfriars was once a medieval hub of trade and community and our goal has always ...