David Judd will be giving a talk about Christmas 1910 this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Myrtleville House in Brantford as part of the Brant Historical Society speaker series.
David has established a tradition of researching and reporting on the Christmas habits of people 100 years ago - through evidence of newspaper articles and advertisements and other sources. He will have a richly illustrated and often humourous take on the season.
Myrtleville House is located at 34 Myrtleville Drive in the northeast end of the City of Brantford, near Northridge Public Golf Course.
The closest bus routes are 8 and 15. Exit on Woodlawn Ave, and walk north on Ewing Drive or Tanbark Way to reach Myrtleville Drive.
Admission is free and would still be a bargain at twice that price.
Doors open at 7:00 pm for the talk.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
EXPERIENCE 100 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS AT 3 NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
Battlefield House Museum & Park - former home of Mary Gage (1777 1853) and her 10 children
Dundurn Castle former home of Mary MacNab (1812 1846) and her children
Whitehern Historic House & Garden former home of Mary McQuesten (1849-1934) and her six children
SPECIAL OFFER – FOR A “MARY” CHRISTMAS!
Purchase admission, or present an online admission voucher to Dundurn Castle between November 27, 2010 and January 2, 2011 and receive complimentary admission vouchers for Battlefield House Museum & Park and Whitehern Historic House & Garden. Vouchers valid for use from November 27, 2010 to January 2, 2011.
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Victorian Christmas
at Dundurn National Historic Site
Enjoy the beauty of a mid-19th century family Christmas celebration at Dundurn Castle. The Garden Club of Hamilton decorates the Castle in Victorian splendour with cedar boughs, ribbons and dried flowers. Bring your family and share a Hamilton holiday tradition.
Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010 to Sunday, January 2, 2011 (Closed Mondays)
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Regular admission rates apply to the museum.
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Christmas in the Pioneer Spirit
at Battlefield House Museum & Park
Join us for an early 19th century family Christmas; where a crackling fire warms you, evergreen boughs bedeck the mantles and enticing smells fill the air.
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011 to Saturday, December 31, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Regular admission rates apply to the museum.
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The McQuesten's Childhood Christmas
at Whitehern Historic House & Garden
Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. Once a year we reveal the family's toys under a tree adorned with whimsical decorations in the style of the 1880s. The table is set with the China they used for Christmas and New Year's from the 1850s when they visited Grandpa, to the 1930s when Tom entertained his fellow politicians. Cedar roping and satin ribbon complete the picture.
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011 to Saturday, December 31, 2011 (Closed Mondays)
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Regular admission rates apply to the museum.
Dundurn Castle former home of Mary MacNab (1812 1846) and her children
Whitehern Historic House & Garden former home of Mary McQuesten (1849-1934) and her six children
SPECIAL OFFER – FOR A “MARY” CHRISTMAS!
Purchase admission, or present an online admission voucher to Dundurn Castle between November 27, 2010 and January 2, 2011 and receive complimentary admission vouchers for Battlefield House Museum & Park and Whitehern Historic House & Garden. Vouchers valid for use from November 27, 2010 to January 2, 2011.
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Victorian Christmas
at Dundurn National Historic Site
Enjoy the beauty of a mid-19th century family Christmas celebration at Dundurn Castle. The Garden Club of Hamilton decorates the Castle in Victorian splendour with cedar boughs, ribbons and dried flowers. Bring your family and share a Hamilton holiday tradition.
Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010 to Sunday, January 2, 2011 (Closed Mondays)
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Regular admission rates apply to the museum.
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Christmas in the Pioneer Spirit
at Battlefield House Museum & Park
Join us for an early 19th century family Christmas; where a crackling fire warms you, evergreen boughs bedeck the mantles and enticing smells fill the air.
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011 to Saturday, December 31, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Regular admission rates apply to the museum.
________________________________________
The McQuesten's Childhood Christmas
at Whitehern Historic House & Garden
Enjoy this special time of year as the McQuestens look back on the Christmas of their childhood. Once a year we reveal the family's toys under a tree adorned with whimsical decorations in the style of the 1880s. The table is set with the China they used for Christmas and New Year's from the 1850s when they visited Grandpa, to the 1930s when Tom entertained his fellow politicians. Cedar roping and satin ribbon complete the picture.
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011 to Saturday, December 31, 2011 (Closed Mondays)
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Regular admission rates apply to the museum.
Monday, December 6, 2010
'Twas The Night Before Christmas at Westfield Village
'Twas The Night Before Christmas
Saturday Evenings Only ...
Dec. 4, 11 & 18, 2010
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Admission fees: adults: $11, seniors/disabled: $10, children 6-12 years old: $6.50. Children 5 and under are free. Parking is free.
Tickets are available at the entrance kiosk on event days, or purchase your tickets online.
Experience Christmas traditions and childhood fantasies through theatre and food. The wonders and excitement of this festive season are revealed through these delightful self-guided lantern tours. Engage yourself in the picturesque setting of the historical farm and village.
Visitors can travel through time, experiencing the evolution of the Yuletide season through the Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, and World War I eras. Meet Father Christmas, enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride and savour the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of this unique holiday presentation. Entertainment, historical displays and demonstrations, tea house and gift shop, and over 30 period buildings. Group bookings available, regular admission applies.
Christmas Open House
Sunday, December 19
12 noon to 4 p.m.
Enjoy an old fashioned Christmas show, bonfire and celebration of the season where traditions of an earlier time are brought to life. Learn about Santa’s history. Runs from 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m. Admission fees: adults: $11, seniors/disabled: $10, children 6-12 years old: $6.50. Children 5 and under are free. Parking is free.
WESTFIELD HERITAGE VILLAGE
1049 Kirkwall Road (Regional Road 552)
Rockton, Ontario, L0R 1X0
Phone: (519) 621-8851
Toll Free: 1-800-883-0104
Email: westfield@speedway.ca
Saturday Evenings Only ...
Dec. 4, 11 & 18, 2010
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Admission fees: adults: $11, seniors/disabled: $10, children 6-12 years old: $6.50. Children 5 and under are free. Parking is free.
Tickets are available at the entrance kiosk on event days, or purchase your tickets online.
Experience Christmas traditions and childhood fantasies through theatre and food. The wonders and excitement of this festive season are revealed through these delightful self-guided lantern tours. Engage yourself in the picturesque setting of the historical farm and village.
Visitors can travel through time, experiencing the evolution of the Yuletide season through the Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, and World War I eras. Meet Father Christmas, enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride and savour the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of this unique holiday presentation. Entertainment, historical displays and demonstrations, tea house and gift shop, and over 30 period buildings. Group bookings available, regular admission applies.
Christmas Open House
Sunday, December 19
12 noon to 4 p.m.
Enjoy an old fashioned Christmas show, bonfire and celebration of the season where traditions of an earlier time are brought to life. Learn about Santa’s history. Runs from 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m. Admission fees: adults: $11, seniors/disabled: $10, children 6-12 years old: $6.50. Children 5 and under are free. Parking is free.
WESTFIELD HERITAGE VILLAGE
1049 Kirkwall Road (Regional Road 552)
Rockton, Ontario, L0R 1X0
Phone: (519) 621-8851
Toll Free: 1-800-883-0104
Email: westfield@speedway.ca
Holiday Lamplight Tours at the Bell Homestead
Holiday Lamplight Tours
December 11th and 12th
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
An evening visit to the Bell’s home at our favourite time of the year will enliven everyone’s holiday spirit. The Homestead and Henderson Home come to life amid the glow of candles and oil lamps while the aroma of Yuletide baking wafts its way from the kitchen and live musical entertainment fills the drawing room with the sounds of yesteryear. Admission by donation.
Also join us at our Café for Christmas dinner both nights $19.95 per person. (reservations required).
Bell Homestead National Historic Site
94 Tutela Heights Road
Brantford, Ontario
N3T 1A1, Canada
Telephone: 519.756.6220
Fax: 519.759.5975
E-Mail: bellhomestead@brantford.ca
December 11th and 12th
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
An evening visit to the Bell’s home at our favourite time of the year will enliven everyone’s holiday spirit. The Homestead and Henderson Home come to life amid the glow of candles and oil lamps while the aroma of Yuletide baking wafts its way from the kitchen and live musical entertainment fills the drawing room with the sounds of yesteryear. Admission by donation.
Also join us at our Café for Christmas dinner both nights $19.95 per person. (reservations required).
Bell Homestead National Historic Site
94 Tutela Heights Road
Brantford, Ontario
N3T 1A1, Canada
Telephone: 519.756.6220
Fax: 519.759.5975
E-Mail: bellhomestead@brantford.ca
“Ringing in the Holidays” Yuletide Celebration at the Bell Homestead
“Ringing in the Holidays” Yuletide Celebration
at the Bell Homestead National Historic Site
December 1st - 23rd
Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Haul out the holly! A traditional Victorian Christmas abounds with plenty of garlands, greenery, and holiday cheer. See how many of our own Yuletide traditions came into being over 100 years ago.
Bell Homestead National Historic Site
94 Tutela Heights Road
Brantford, Ontario
N3T 1A1, Canada
Telephone: 519.756.6220
Fax: 519.759.5975
E-Mail: bellhomestead@brantford.ca
at the Bell Homestead National Historic Site
December 1st - 23rd
Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Haul out the holly! A traditional Victorian Christmas abounds with plenty of garlands, greenery, and holiday cheer. See how many of our own Yuletide traditions came into being over 100 years ago.
Bell Homestead National Historic Site
94 Tutela Heights Road
Brantford, Ontario
N3T 1A1, Canada
Telephone: 519.756.6220
Fax: 519.759.5975
E-Mail: bellhomestead@brantford.ca
Victorian Farm Christmas on TVO
Here is program that sounds interesting - a reality show with some historical grounding:
VICTORIAN FARM CHRISTMAS
Centred around the Acton Scott Estate in Shropshire, this special holiday series brings historians Ruth, Peter and Alex from the hit series Victorian Farm back to the estate to tackle an array of new farming tasks. They discover in depth how the Victorians created the celebration of Christmas as we know it today – from
greetings cards and Christmas carols to the rich array of festive food they put on the table. Mondays December 6, 13 and 20 at 7 pm and repeating December 21, 22 and 23at 8 pm on TVO.
Episode 1:
The Victorian farmers - Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn - return to the Acton Scott estate in Shropshire to celebrate a traditional Victorian Christmas.
There's an enormous amount of farm work to be done on the estate in the lead-up to the festive season, including the hay harvest, to make food for the animals over winter. Having been thwarted last time by rain, the team anxiously monitor the weather.
Peter travels to the Royal Agricultural Society's annual show with sheep expert Richard Spencer to choose a new ram for the flock; back at the farm, Ruth makes mincemeat for the Christmas mince pies. She also prepares for the hoped-for hay harvest celebration with some essentials - bread and butter.
Monday, December 6 at 7:00 PM
This show repeats on:
Wednesday, December 8 at 12:00 AM on TVOnatario (Cable 2)
Episode 2:
The Victorian farm team tackle their biggest project yet: restoring the village blacksmith's forge. First they must make bricks to restore the chimney - a full five day and night process in which the farmer gets no sleep.
As winter marches on and Christmas nears, they must source a yule log: firewood to burn for the Twelve Days of Christmas. At the cottage, Ruth winter-proofs the house, making a paper blanket and remedies for chilblains, rheumatism, coughs and colds.
It is also a chance to begin preparations for the Christmas banquet in earnest - in particular, a very Victorian invention, Christmas crackers. Ruth enlists the help of Christmas cracker historian Peter Kimpton.
Episode 3:
Christmas is coming to Acton Scott, but first there's a huge amount of preparation to do. Ruth Goodman and food historian Ivan Day try their hand at making a Christmas pudding using the same methods as Bob Cratchit's wife in A Christmas Carol.
Meanwhile, Alex and Peter light the forge for the first time to re-shoe the farm workhorse Clumper - the first time a horse has been shod at this forge in over five decades.
Alex goes in search of a Christmas tree for the banquet, while Ruth and Peter head for the Victorian town of Blists Hill for Christmas shopping. At the cottage, Ruth meets Debbie Bamford to dye an array of colourful Christmas ribbons to decorate the tree and the presents that sit beneath it.
Finally it's time for the Christmas meal in the estate's School Hall. With a rapturous toast to Queen Victoria and a quick trip to the cattle shed to wassail the animals, day turns into night and the drunken Victorian parlour games commence. The next morning it'll be time for the team to bid a fond farewell to Mr Acton as they depart Acton Scott for good.
More information at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/
On this website Alex, Peter and Ruth show how to make your own traditional Victorian Christmas. There are 25 exclusive how-to videos, which are not featured in the television programme, with activities ranging from authentic decorations, arts and crafts to traditional 19th century recipes.
You can also learn how to play Victorian Parlour Games, sing traditional Victorian Christmas Carols and make your own toy theatre. All activities come with full instructions and downloadable materials to help you make your own Victorian Christmas.
The Presenters
Alex Langlands is an archaeologist and historian with a fascination for the British landscape. He has excavated numerous archaeological sites in a bid to understand agricultural practices throughout history.
Peter Ginn studied archaeology at University College London and has since been an archaeological digger, supervisor and teacher.
Ruth Goodman is a historian with a particular interest in domestic social history and its interpretation to the public. She spent ten years as a historical advisor to the Royal Shakespeare Company's Globe Theatre.
The team were also historians on the BBC Two series Tales from the Green Valley, which saw them running a Welsh farm using 17th Century methods. Ruth also appeared in the BBC Two programme Tales from the Banquet Hall where she helped to make a Tudor feast. The team are currently filming, Edwardian Farm for BBC Two.
The Farm
The Victorian Farm series and website content was all filmed on the Acton Scott estate in Shropshire. It is a world frozen in time, lost in Victorian rural England.
Its buildings and grounds are stashed with antique tools and machinery collected by the Acton family who have lived at Acton Scott since the twelfth century.
There is also a Historic Working Farm founded by Thomas Acton more than thirty years ago and located on the estate's home farm. It is run by Shropshire Council.
For more information visit www.actonscott.com.
VICTORIAN FARM CHRISTMAS
Centred around the Acton Scott Estate in Shropshire, this special holiday series brings historians Ruth, Peter and Alex from the hit series Victorian Farm back to the estate to tackle an array of new farming tasks. They discover in depth how the Victorians created the celebration of Christmas as we know it today – from
greetings cards and Christmas carols to the rich array of festive food they put on the table. Mondays December 6, 13 and 20 at 7 pm and repeating December 21, 22 and 23at 8 pm on TVO.
Episode 1:
The Victorian farmers - Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn - return to the Acton Scott estate in Shropshire to celebrate a traditional Victorian Christmas.
There's an enormous amount of farm work to be done on the estate in the lead-up to the festive season, including the hay harvest, to make food for the animals over winter. Having been thwarted last time by rain, the team anxiously monitor the weather.
Peter travels to the Royal Agricultural Society's annual show with sheep expert Richard Spencer to choose a new ram for the flock; back at the farm, Ruth makes mincemeat for the Christmas mince pies. She also prepares for the hoped-for hay harvest celebration with some essentials - bread and butter.
Monday, December 6 at 7:00 PM
This show repeats on:
Wednesday, December 8 at 12:00 AM on TVOnatario (Cable 2)
Episode 2:
The Victorian farm team tackle their biggest project yet: restoring the village blacksmith's forge. First they must make bricks to restore the chimney - a full five day and night process in which the farmer gets no sleep.
As winter marches on and Christmas nears, they must source a yule log: firewood to burn for the Twelve Days of Christmas. At the cottage, Ruth winter-proofs the house, making a paper blanket and remedies for chilblains, rheumatism, coughs and colds.
It is also a chance to begin preparations for the Christmas banquet in earnest - in particular, a very Victorian invention, Christmas crackers. Ruth enlists the help of Christmas cracker historian Peter Kimpton.
Episode 3:
Christmas is coming to Acton Scott, but first there's a huge amount of preparation to do. Ruth Goodman and food historian Ivan Day try their hand at making a Christmas pudding using the same methods as Bob Cratchit's wife in A Christmas Carol.
Meanwhile, Alex and Peter light the forge for the first time to re-shoe the farm workhorse Clumper - the first time a horse has been shod at this forge in over five decades.
Alex goes in search of a Christmas tree for the banquet, while Ruth and Peter head for the Victorian town of Blists Hill for Christmas shopping. At the cottage, Ruth meets Debbie Bamford to dye an array of colourful Christmas ribbons to decorate the tree and the presents that sit beneath it.
Finally it's time for the Christmas meal in the estate's School Hall. With a rapturous toast to Queen Victoria and a quick trip to the cattle shed to wassail the animals, day turns into night and the drunken Victorian parlour games commence. The next morning it'll be time for the team to bid a fond farewell to Mr Acton as they depart Acton Scott for good.
More information at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/
On this website Alex, Peter and Ruth show how to make your own traditional Victorian Christmas. There are 25 exclusive how-to videos, which are not featured in the television programme, with activities ranging from authentic decorations, arts and crafts to traditional 19th century recipes.
You can also learn how to play Victorian Parlour Games, sing traditional Victorian Christmas Carols and make your own toy theatre. All activities come with full instructions and downloadable materials to help you make your own Victorian Christmas.
The Presenters
Alex Langlands is an archaeologist and historian with a fascination for the British landscape. He has excavated numerous archaeological sites in a bid to understand agricultural practices throughout history.
Peter Ginn studied archaeology at University College London and has since been an archaeological digger, supervisor and teacher.
Ruth Goodman is a historian with a particular interest in domestic social history and its interpretation to the public. She spent ten years as a historical advisor to the Royal Shakespeare Company's Globe Theatre.
The team were also historians on the BBC Two series Tales from the Green Valley, which saw them running a Welsh farm using 17th Century methods. Ruth also appeared in the BBC Two programme Tales from the Banquet Hall where she helped to make a Tudor feast. The team are currently filming, Edwardian Farm for BBC Two.
The Farm
The Victorian Farm series and website content was all filmed on the Acton Scott estate in Shropshire. It is a world frozen in time, lost in Victorian rural England.
Its buildings and grounds are stashed with antique tools and machinery collected by the Acton family who have lived at Acton Scott since the twelfth century.
There is also a Historic Working Farm founded by Thomas Acton more than thirty years ago and located on the estate's home farm. It is run by Shropshire Council.
For more information visit www.actonscott.com.
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