The Twelve Days of Medieval Christmas

The Twelve Days of Medieval Christmas Explored at Donington le Heath Manor House
On December 10th at 7.30 pm the Donington talk series for 2009 concludes with a talk by Michael Brown, gardener and garden historian from Prebendal Manor Northamptonshire.

Michael will talk the audience through a sparkling twelve days of the Medieval Christmas. Explaining what food and drink was popular for Medieval feasts and frivolities, the customs enjoyed by rich and poor alike through the Holy Days and feast days of the period. Yule logs, Wassail, mince pies and music were all part of the Medieval Christmas tradition, but what was it to eat humble pie and what exactly was a humble pie anyway?

Come and find out with Michael in the atmospheric surroundings of the Manor house decorated in all its Christmas greenery.

Tickets are £3.50 per ticket and pre-booking is essential owing to limited numbers.

Light refreshments served by the Friends of Donington le Heath Manor House.

On the 12th and 13th December, from 11 – 4pm, the Manor House will be showing the festive season as celebrated in the early 1600s at ‘Christmas at the Seventeenth Century Manor’.

Donington – bringing the past to life!

For further information please contact:  Alison Fearn Museum Officer (Events) on 01530 831259 or Richard Knox Keeper 0116 3058327

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