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Christmas Through English Customs and Plays of Old
The article traces Christmas traditions from medieval mystery plays and Wakefield Shepherds' Pageant to Tudor masques at Whitehall. It covers church plays of Hilarius, St Nicholas imagery, Daniel in the lions den, and continental performances, plus Lord of Misrule, Christmas logs, carols, and Elizabethan to Victorian shifts in observance and spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primitive Church
Christ
Hilarius
Daniel
St. Nicholas
Belshaszar
Darius
Laudarius
Orleans
France
Lerod
Egypt
Wakefield Shepherds
Herod
Archelaus
Mal
Bethlehem
Francis I
Paris
Lenmpeters
St. Stephen
Hotel de Flandres
James
Anne of
Denmark
Charles
Charles L
Elizabeth
Prince Ilenry
Whitehall
Henry VE
Edward MI
Edward
Guildford
England
Johnson
Inigo Jones
James I
Anne
Bristol
Ben Jonson
James J
Lord of Misrule
Haven
Hayling
Charles I
London
Father Christmas
Georges Baw
Lomdeners
Seymour
Pickwick