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Daily Archives: 31st December 2018

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The Twelve Days of Christmas: Drinking like a 17th Century gentleman on New Year’s Eve

History, NewsBy Manchesters31st December 2018

In the 17th Century, Christmas Day was more than just a religious date – it marked the beginning of the traditional ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ between Christmas and Epiphany Eve, commonly called ‘Twelfth Night’ – we know it from the much later song, but for people in Stuart England this period was a highlight of…

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