1230 Yuletides | Agecroft

A Magical Time of Year

We've got a day's worth of delights along with fun facts,

but our favorites are the song and dance!

Dive into these posts with ease --

We promise it'll be a breeze!

Decorations at Agecroft

The Williams Library at Christmas Agecroft Hall was built in Richmond with the intention of it becoming a museum. When Mrs. Bessie...

Dec 12, 20201 min read

Wassailing In Tudor times, what was wassail, and what was wassailing? During the Christmas season, groups of people traveled from house...

Dec 12, 20201 min read

Christmas Carols Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago. These were pagan songs sung in celebration of the winter...

Dec 12, 20202 min read

Make A Pomader! The word pomander comes from the French pomme d’ambre, meaning amber apple. Pomanders, small balls of perfume carried in...

Dec 12, 20202 min read

Pinecone Holly The use of evergreens to decorate for Christmas goes back to Kalenós, the ancient mid-winter feasts of the Romans. In 17th...

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Baked Tudor Marchpane: The dessert course of Tudor meal was called the “banqueting course” at the meal’s end and consisted of a table...

Dec 12, 20202 min read