thechristmasprojectdiary

Today I started to think a little more intensely about how to go about fulfilling one of my Christmas project diary goals this year.

This particular goal, (of looking into how Christmas is commemorated around different parts of the world, and any & all related history), is one that I think will prove to be very interesting.

As I starting searching online and considering how best to actually start launching out into this aspect of my Christmas project, it was interesting to discover the following:

The country I thought of beginning my investigations firstly around actually had banned (yes, BANNED!) Christmas or Yuletide celebrations (as they called it for some time) for 400 years, at one point in its national history.

400 years without Christmas at all. How interesting that piece of history is to discover about a particular nation of people.

400 years of absolutely nothing to do with celebrating Christmas, even though other western countries positioned around it (in the Northern Hemisphere) were all actively celebrating and commemorating this annual festive event.

Doesn’t it all sound very intriguing!

I look forward to reading and researching more, over the next little while how Christmas is commemorated & celebrated (and at one point in time clearly it wasn’t) in Scotland, the very country I am indeed focusing on first.

Investigating intriguing history AND making shortbread……. I look forward to enjoying them both soon.