A Jane Austen Christmas: Regency Christmas Traditions

by Maria Grace

Many Christmas traditions and images of 'old fashioned' holidays are based on Victorian celebrations. Going back just a little further, to the beginning of the 19th century, the holiday Jane Austen knew would have looked distinctly odd to modern sensibilities. How odd? Families rarely decorated Christmas trees. Festivities centered on socializing instead of gift-giving. Festivities focused on adults, with children largely consigned to the nursery...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692332332
• ISBN13: 9780692332337
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: White Soup Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"