Title: A Jane Austen Christmas: Regency Christmas Traditions
Author: Maria Grace
Narrated by: Barry Shannon
Publisher: Maria
Grace
Length:
Approximately 2 hours and 19 minutes
Source: Purchased from Amazon.com
Do you like to learn about holiday traditions? I have loved to read about the traditions of
all holidays since I was a child. I
really like seeing how our celebrations of holidays have changed through the
years. I was delighted to see this
audiobook that focused on regency Christmas traditions, which is one of my
favorite time periods to read about.
This book is not about Jane Austen, but it is about
how Christmas was celebrated during her time period. I thought it was interesting that there were
no Christmas trees in the Regency period, but that houses were decorated with
greenery on Christmas Eve. Christmas was
celebrated during the traditional twelve days of Christmas from Christmas Day
through the Epiphany (January 6th).
The book also explained traditional dishes that would have been eaten
during the celebrations. A lot of the
celebrations seemed to revolve around card playing and getting together with
family and friends.
I thought the book was well researched and
informative. Barry Shannon was a fine
narrator.
