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The Victorian Era gets its name from Queen Victoria who ruled England from 1837 to 1901. During this long reign of 64 years, many changes were brought about in England. Victorian Era is known for the vast developments that took place changing the political and economic structure of England. Christmas was an important celebration in the lives of the Victorian people, same as it is today. It was an occasion to bestow others with gifts.

Christmas food was served after the family had attended the church. The dinning table during Christmas was decorated with flowers, evergreens and linens. The Christmas Dinner was the highlight of the day wherein meals would be served in large quantities.

The Christmas food was very lavish and extravagant. It included fowl or a roasted goose, pudding, standing rib of beef with Yorkshire pudding, boars head, ham, turkey, oysters, potatoes, pies like cranberry and mince, plum pudding and many other items. The roasted goose was also served with Sage and Onion dressing.

During Queen Victorias reign, in North, during Christmas celebrations the center piece on the table was the roasted beef, while in the South, goose was kept in the center of the table. Also, in wealthy families, turtle soup was served. There was however variation in the kind of food people preferred to have during Christmas. This difference was primarily based on the part of the country or region that people lived in.

The serving of the pudding was regarded very highly in the Victorian times and was an essential ritual. The entire family would actively participate in preparing the Plum pudding made of suet, bread crumbs, raisins and spices. This pudding required plenty of time to cook so people normally started preparing it a few days in advance.

This pudding was kept to set-itself till the Christmas day and was then boiled in beef broth. Christmas cake and Mince Pie were other popular desserts preferred during the Christmas Eve. After dinner, people lit firecrackers and celebrated Christmas. The Victorians also indulged in other activities like singing and playing games.


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