Traditions of a Welsh Christmas

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Christmas time and New Year in Wales in one video. • Christmas and New Year celebrations have changed a lot in Wales down the centuries. In this video history blogger Claire Miles (who writes the Hisdoryan blog) and history author broadcaster Graham Loveluck-Edwards talk about the sort of Christmases our ancestors would have recognised. • We take a whistle stop tour of all things Christmassy from Welsh history. The customs and traditions people observed. Things like; • Toasting the Ox on Christmas Eve • Wassailing • The Aderyn Pig • The bird with the grey beak • The Plygain • A Tudor Christmas dinner • Calenig • The Mari Llwyd • First Footing • Hunting the wren • When Christmas was banned • The origins of Father Christmas • The very first Eisteddfod • The Abergavenny Christmas Massacre • We also look at some amazing Christmas stories like Mallt-y-Nos’, Megan’ the Gwrach-Y-Rhibyn of St Donats and the sitings of the Cwn Annwn in the Vale at this time of year. • We also cover a whole host of ancient Welsh superstitions based around the festive period. Things that would bring you good and bad luck, ways to find love, to be sure of a good harvest and those ever fearsome portents of doom. To be fair most of them are predictors of death, but Some of them will have you laughing hysterically. • We really hope you enjoy this video. And if you do, feel free to share it on social media. But remember to subscribe to my YouTube channel as well. This programme was originally recorded for broadcast on Bro Radio. • This programme was written, presented and published by Welsh author and historian; Graham Loveluck-Edwards. Author of 'Historic Pubs of Wales' - Legends adn Folklore of Bridgend and the Vale and its follow up - More Legends and Folklore from Barry Bridgend and the Vale. They are published by Candy Jar Books LTD (Cardiff). • Find out more at my website: https://grahamloveluckedwards.com

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