[Sca-cooks] Christmas in the early Middle Ages

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Modern ideas of Medieval Christmases are picturesque enough  - but  what 
about the REALLY early Middle Ages, when Christmas itself was only a few  
hundred years old as a holiday?

Here's my look at that:
http://leslefts.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-in-early-medieval-france.html
 


And, for those who read French, some interesting further  notes:


Noël et chants de Noël au Moyen Age :
origine,  signification et formes  primitives

http://www.france-pittoresque.com/spip.php?article3228

Noël  et chants de Noël au XVIe siècle :
religieux, royal, politique
badin ou  villageois
http://www.france-pittoresque.com/spip.php?article5497


Jim Chevallier
www.chezjim.com

Les Leftovers: sort of a  food history blog
leslefts.blogspot.com