What did the Tudors eat for Christmas?

Answer 1

On the first day of Holy Week, Palm Sunday, the priest would read out the story of Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem and branches of greenery were blessed by the priest so that they could be used in processions.

They would also prepare a special shrine would contain the blessed Sacrament to represent Jesus Christ and would also contain the church's own relics. The clergy would then carry this special shrine around the outside of the church as the laiety processed around the church in the opposite direction, with the two processions meeting at the church door. The Lent veil would be drawn up and then dropped down again as they passed.

On the Wednesday of Holy Week, the priest would read out the passage from the Bible concerning the veil in the Temple in Jerusalem. As this passage was read aloud, the Lent veil separating the chancel and the nave would be dropped and put away until next year's Lent.

On Maundy Thursday, the church was prepared for Easter with water and wine being used to wash the altars. It was also traditional for people to go to confession on this day.

On Good Friday in Tudor times, people would attend the ceremony known as "Creeping to the Cross". Christ's suffering and crucifixion, and what it meant to people, were commemorated by the clergy creeping up to a crucifix held up before the altar on their hands and knees. When they got to the crucifix, they would kiss the feet of Christ. The crucifix was then taken down into the church for the congregation to do the same.

Good Friday was also the day for the preparation of the Easter Sepulchre. The sepulchre consisted of a stone or wooden niche, to represent Christ's sealed tomb, which was filled with the consecrated host and an image of Christ. Once this was "sealed", by covering it with a cloth, candles would be lit around it and members of the church would guard it, just as the Roman soldiers had done when the body of Christ was sealed in the cave.

On Easter Sunday, the candles in the church and around the sepulchre would be extinguished and then the church lights re-lit by the priest from a fire. The sepulchre would be opened and Christ's resurrection would be celebrated with a special mass.

The Easter Sunday mass marked the end of Lent, a period where people's diets were restricted, so it was only natural to celebrate it with good food. Dairy products and meat were back on the menu and people would enjoy roasted meats like chicken, lamb and veal.

Answer 2

Christmas lasted for twelve days in Tudor England (1485-1603) so there was a lot of eating to be done from Christmas Day until Twelfth Night or the Feast of the Epiphany. Christmas Eve was very strict and people did not eat eggs, cheese, or meat. After a dawn mass on Christmas morning followed by two more masses that day, the Christmas feast began. Mince pies made of mutton or beef were very popular.

Henry VIII was the first people to have turkey as part of his Christmas feast and it became very popular for the upper classes, as it had only been introduced to England in the 1520s. The Tudor Christmas Pie was a large pie crust that held a turkey stuffed with a goose that was stuffed with a chicken that was stuffed with a partridge that was stuffed with a pigeon.

Other foods included rabbit, wild fowl, game birds, venison, swan, peacocks, and wild boar. This was mainly for royalty and those at court. The lower classes would perhaps have a goose or wild fowl, if they could afford it.

Answer 3

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actually they didn't eat turkey in Tudor times. It was swan and goose. Turkey was introduced later.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

yes they did as they were protestant and catholic

Answer 6

no they celebrated christmas with a bannana :D

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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