Christmas Eve - about 1460 by Pauline Baynes
Christmas Eve, as celebrated in 1460 with children bringing in holly and the Yule Log to be lit on Christmas Day, and other joining in a last minute carol practice, while the lord of the manor sends his seasonable gifts of cheer and goodwill to the poor tenants. A holly wreath hangs from the weathercock and inside, a kissing bough is being fixed in place, the table linen, pewter and gold plate is arranged in readiness for the next day and one of the ladies carries a Twelfth Night cake which will be cut to mark the end of the Christmas celebrations
Picture No
10435125
Media ID
47532118
Size
4362px x 6568px
(3.4MB)
Credit
©Williams College Oxford Programme / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by Pauline Baynes specially drawn for Holly Leaves, 1953
Date
1953
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