DA Season 6 has come to an end. Tonight we watched the opening sequence live for the last time. Isis’s tail, the approach to the Abbey, the tingling of the bells will soon fade into memory, unless we watch the repeats. Viewers hope that sequels are in the works. What will happen to Tom? What […]
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Downton Abbey, Season 6, Christmas Special – Everything’s Neatly Tied Into a Sugar Spun Bow
Posted in Downton Abbey, Jane Austen's World, PBS Masterpiece Downton Abbey, tagged Downton Abbey Season 6 Final Episode, Masterpiece Classic, PBS Masterpiece Classic on March 7, 2016| 20 Comments »
Viewers of Downton Abbey Season 2: How Did You Like the Christmas Ending?
Posted in Edwardian Life, Jane Austen's World, tagged Downton Abbey Christmas Special, Downton Abbey Season 2, Lady Edith, Lady Mary, Lady Rosamund, Matthew Crawly, PBS Masterpiece Classic on February 20, 2012| 87 Comments »
Last night PBS showcased the Christmas special of Downton Abbey. Did you find the finale of Season 2 satisfying? Too cliched? Did you encounter unexpected twists? Or did you guess just about every plot point as my neighbor did? Warning to those who have not seen the Christmas special: This post contains nothing but plot […]
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Jane Austen's World, tagged 19th century christmas, Victorian Christmas on December 25, 2011| 13 Comments »
Christmas is for taking time with family and chats by the fireside, for love and devotion, for celebrating the birth of the Christ child. May all who believe in this holiday have a most special, wonderful day.
A Victorian Christmas Feast
Posted in 19th Century England, Christmas, Jane Austen's World, Victorian Era, tagged Charles Dickens, Charles Elme Francatelli, Eliza Acton, Historical food, Victorian Christmas on December 11, 2011| 11 Comments »
Gentle Readers, Frequent contributor Patty from Brandy Parfums recently attended a cooking class that featured classic recipes. She says of her experience: “When we think about our wonderful holiday dinners coming up, it is good to remember the origins of mid-winter celebrations, so ingrained in our DNA.” I can’t think of two more interesting recipes […]
The Christmas Plum Pudding: An Old English Foodie Tradition
Posted in 18th Century England, 19th Century England, Georgian Life, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Christmas Traditions, Regency food, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Christmas Plum Pudding, King George I, Plum Pudding, Regency desserts on December 24, 2010| 18 Comments »
Happy Christmas Eve and Merry Christmas, everyone! I leave you with this post about Plum Pudding as I celebrate the occasion with my favorite people in all the world – my family. May this season be a truly special one for you. And thank you for visiting Jane Austen’s World. In half a minute Mrs. […]
A Regency Christmas: Decorating 19th Century London With Holly
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen Blog, Jane Austen's World, Old English Customs, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency society, Regency style, tagged 19th century christmas, Early Christmas decorations, Regency Christmas on December 17, 2010| 10 Comments »
“Heigh ho! sing heigh ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh ho, the holly! This life is most jolly.” – William Shakespeare, As You Like It Decorating one’s house with natural boughs has been a Christmas tradition since Celtic times. Boughs of holly with their bright red […]
Review: A Darcy Christmas: A Holiday Tribute to Jane Austen by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan, Carolyn Eberhart
Posted in Austenesque novels, Book review, jane austen, Popular culture, Regency Life, tagged A Darcy Christmas, Amanda Grange, Carolyn Eberhart, Sharon Lathan, Shelley de Wees on October 17, 2010| 8 Comments »
From the desk of Shelley DeWees… Gentle reader, guest writer Shelley DeWees, blog author of Uprising, writes book reviews for me. A Darcy Christmas: A Holiday Tribute to Jane Austen by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan, and Carolyn Eberhart is her first review for this blog. Welcome on board, Shelley. A collection of stories designed to […]
Christmas in the Olden Time
Posted in Christmas, History, Holiday, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, tagged Christmas in the Olden Time, Sir Walter Scott on December 24, 2009| 3 Comments »
Happy Christmas from Jane Austen’s World Heap on more wood! — the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed the new born year The fittest time for festal cheer. And well our Christian sires of old. Loved when the year its course […]
Black Butter: A Christmas Recipe Popular in Jane Austen’s Day
Posted in Christmas, Holiday, jane austen, Jane Austen's letters, Jane Austen's life, Jane Austen's World, Regency food, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency World, tagged apple butter, black butter, Regency food on December 12, 2009| 17 Comments »
Inquiring readers: Reader Cora Harrison recently placed this comment on my blog: “In one letter, Jane [Austen] spoke of serving ‘black butter’ with wigeon and that she thought the butter was bad … Poor Jane, I thought. However, in reading a book called The Feast of Christmas I discovered that black butter was not butter […]
Merry Christmas from Jane Austen’s World With the First Commercial Christmas Card
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, tagged First christmas card, Henry Cole card, John Calcott Horsely, Joseph Cundell, Victorian Christmas Card on December 24, 2008| 7 Comments »
Jane Austen would not have recognized this Christmas card, for it was commissioned by Henry Cole in 1843, 26 years after her death and the same year that Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol. (The British Postal Museum and Archive). Artist John Calcott Horsely designed the card, which shows the poor being fed and clothed […]
A Regency Christmas Tree
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Christmas Traditions, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Queen Charlotte, Regency Christmas Tree on December 17, 2008| 6 Comments »
Fact: Queen Charlotte introduced the Christmas tree to England. Recently I read in Yahoo answers.com that the Christmas tree was introduced to England by Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort. The majority of the readers had “voted” that this must be so. Wrong. While he and Queen Victoria popularized the custom, they did not start the […]
Happy Christmas, Everyone
Posted in Holiday, jane austen, Regency Christmas Traditions, tagged Holidays on December 25, 2007| 2 Comments »
This illustration was made over 80 years after Jane Austen died, but there’s a “Regency feeling” about the dresses, hairstyles, and interior. Read more about Christmas of old in these links, and in the post below. Click here to read about the Yule Log New Light on Old Christmas Traditions Celebrating the Winter Solstice
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