Christmas stockings!!
And currently sketching an Elsie Christmas episode. Which won’t be here in a while.
But here is some of my research I’d like to share for this episode!
Notes on traditions
Gifts would include books, clothes and food but for children this would include toys and dolls
Rich families would give presents to their servants as well, Queen Victoria would do this before she and her family opened their gifts
Traditional Christmas meal in England would have this special drink called Smoking Bishop which was made with mulled wine, punch or wassail. It is referenced in A Christmas Carol.
Most people would eat roast goose but wealthier families would eat beef, venison (deer) or turkey (now the whole turkey and mistletoe like makes so much sense now)
The meat would often have chestnuts stuffed into it. Yum!