Regency Christmas - Celebrate the Holidays with Bridgerton & Jane Austen

[@LindsayHoliday]

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[@splatoon5824]

That Bridgeton photo is photoshopped

[@taylorharrison4943]

Impeccable video, as always, but the thumbnail has me cackling! The amount of editing 🤣 chef’s kiss 😙👌

[@C-Bee]

Well now I want a winter time set bridgerton season

[@JudithOpdebeeck]

we need a christmas special

[@jennifersandahl4603]

100%!!!

[@saranemcova5448]

They hinted at possibly putting season 4 (at least partly) in the autumn. We do not have Bridgerton debuting. Perhaps you get your wish 😌

[@theelitemanticore151]

Nobody: Still nobody: *”Sorrows. Sorrows. Prayers.”*

[@Nikki-tx6kh]

I've taken to say that every time the Madrid loses.

[@missfleming5465]

"Slippery orbital fruits" is my new fave phrase for when I'm feeling fancy and want an apple.🤣🤣🤣🤣🍎🍎🍎🍎

[@cindchan]

Bobbing for apples was still being done (but at Halloween) back in the 70's and 80's. As for picking flaming fruit and eating it. Wow...I'm glad that one went away! 😯

[@Copeandseethe822]

I remember some parents trying to get us to bob for apples at a Halloween party when I was a kid in the 90's. Nobody would do it. By the time you'd get to the last kid it would have been more snot and spit than water and apples. 🤢

[@amylou22snowhite]

Some of us celebrate Twelfth Night! Come to New Orleans. It’s the first night of Carnival. We have the first parades in the city that evening.

[@KaylaCakes87]

I can't imagine putting a bunch of open flame candles on a live tree indoors. I'm glad we have electric lights now.

[@daniakalaina]

Evidently they just lit it and admired it a second and then put it out. They didn’t leave it burning a long time

[@shirasade]

@@daniakalaina That would surprise me very much - when I was a kid (25+ years ago in Germany/Switzerland) we always had real candles on our real tree in the living room, and we'd leave them burning while we were in the room until the candles got low. We just had a bucket of water somewhere close-by, and of course we were very careful when placing the candles in the first place on the morning of the 24th.

[@ari-cu6ql]

In germany many families still use real candles. It makes everything a lot cozier. Though my parents switched to electric candles two years ago. Mostly because of the wax. The real candles only burn for like half an hour and the whole family is watching the tree. So with a bucket of water next to it it's really not that dangerous

[@leofravell2564]

finally catching a video as it's posted, not six months later!!

[@patricialouro3056]

We can't have Mr. Darcy, we have to settle with chocolate 😂.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE YOUR CONTENT Lindsay! Thanks For this! You're the Best Narrator there is! Could hear you talk about anything and still be happy! keep up the good work! Please consider covering The Japanese Imperial family! hearth please

[@lucypreece7581]

Apparently season 4 of Bridgerton is gonna be mostly set around the autumn and winter time. From filming images that have been released we will get this initial first meeting between Sophie and Benedict during the summer when the social season happens but then after that with it being a very Cinderella esque story it will be set in the autumn and possibly the winter but don't quote me on it. It's just rumour. This is also coming form the fact that Jonathan Bailey said that he's "going back for Christmas" meaning they are filming now in the winter. And the fact that you said that 12th night is a masquerade ball and Benedict meets Sophie at a masquerade ball we could very much wee the winter celebrations of the ton in Bridgerton season 4. All the clues we have about it is pointing that way.

[@TheseOddTimes]

your videos are so nice and cozy, but also super informative in a digestible way

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

With respect, I think you've made a factual error at about 1:40. The London social season did not take place in the summer but in the late winter and spring, when Parliament was in session - basically from just after Twelfth Night to early June, with the most hectic time being after Easter, when the shooting season was largely over. Regency era London was so smelly and filthy in the summer that the ton fled long before the shooting season began in August. It wasn't until the Thames was canalized and sewers built in mid-Victorian times that the social season was able to spread into summer. Also, the vast majority of those involved in the social season were not peers but wealthy members of the landed gentry, especially families of men who served as Members of the House of Commons. How wealthy? Consider that had he been real, Mr. Bennet of Pride and Prejudice would have been in the top 1% of income earners - yep, not poor: a 1%er - and would also have been in the top 40% income earners among the landed gentry, and still he couldn't have afforded a London season for his daughters even if he'd been responsible with money.

[@ericacook2862]

When I was in the third grade, my teacher's Christmas party included bobbing for apples, but it wasn't like that. She ran a string through the center of the apple and attached it to the ceiling through the supports for the tiled ceiling, you know what i mean, those false ceilings in schools. Then we had to try and take a bite from it without using our hands. The first to get a bite won. I'm thinking it was the closest equivalent to this she could do without us sharing apples.

[@JaneHornsby-iz9ob]

You don't share the apple when you bob. When you catch one, it's yours! But you do share the water; I never ever even thought of spreading germs! (Solution: replace "water" with "tub of vodka " Very ssnitary!)

[@ericacook2862]

@JaneHornsby-iz9ob yeah, I misspoke but the point still stands. The way my teacher did bobbing for apples is safer than the traditional way

[@RianShafer]

This was really good Lindsay. I love all things Regency & Victorian.

[@Richardsonprincess00]

Let's do Georgian even Edwardian Holidays next year.

[@summersolstice646]

Looovveeedd this!! Been watching your channel for like 4 years and im very into my christmas spirit this year. More Christmas videos pleeeaasseee!!

[@UnaOwens-g1q]

“Unfortunately, chocolate bars were not developed until 1847. So you’d have to choose between Mr. Darcy and chocolate.” ::eyes snap open:: Chocolate *bars*, yes, Lindsay! But hot chocolate became available in England around 1700. I would “settle” for drinkable chocolate (richer than our hot chocolate of today - the main ingredient was chocolate rather than milk) rather than choose between chocolate and Mr. Darcy ;). EDIT: Highly recommended - Lucy Worsley’s “12 Days of Tudor Christmas” (2019).

[@raraavis7782]

I've taken to melting chocolate into my hot cacao, after watching that 😅

[@quang1-x8x]

“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” - Janice Maeditere

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

We definitely need a Bridgerton Christmas special. They used to do Victoria Christmas specials, and I loved them.

[@knitsforthesoulpodcast4186]

Choosing between chocolate and Mr Darcy!?!?!? That's a truly tough one...

[@bethanymargason8383]

I thought bobbin' for apples was a Halloween game! 😁

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Fun fact: Halloween wasn't celebrated in England until within living memory!

[@cici_tlb4009]

Fun fact 2: Halloween as we know it didn’t really start until the 1900s

[@emmabundock5381]

Been watching your video's for 5 years! Merry christmas 🎉

[@thaisgregorio2734]

I've red an Agatha Christie book set in the 1930s and the characters still played snap dragon and picking apples with their mouths from a large water bow during a Halloween party, so it seems these traditions still stuck around in some parts of England

[@shirasade]

Hallowe'en Party (her spelling, not mine) was actually released in the 60s, so the game might even have been around later than that.

[@thaisgregorio2734]

@shirasade yes, this one!

[@vbrooker1]

Yup, i was thinking about that book, too.

[@dymondsobiesczyk16]

The Midwest does St. Nick still too. I’m in Wisconsin and St. Nick comes on the 5th into the 6th every year for kids♥️

[@suegardner1417]

Such a fun and happy and sacred season all at the same time! It would be so fun if we all still celebrated like it was 1800 again!!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Happy holidays Lindsay! Thanks For this 🎄🎄🎄❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jackietaylor4196]

Happy Holidays Lindsay ❄️🎄☃️😊👍👍

[@JudithOpdebeeck]

dangit Lindsay... i've been researching this for a book im gonna write, and i was thinking to make a video about it... so dam you! (lighthearted) but also thank you

[@shirasade]

I was once au-pair on the Isle of Man, and they had me make their Christmas pudding - in August or September! I mostly remember being glad that I wouldn't be around to eat it, because it had SO MUCH brandy in it, a taste I really don't like.

[@PerfectlyImperfect93]

Happy Holidays Lindsay! ❤❤

[@katmaresparkles9578]

We did get to see a bit of Christmas in Queen Charlotte. And while they are currently filming season 4 right now, they are also filming a Christmas special too.

[@daniakalaina]

Good news

[@cc100ish]

Bridgerton needs to do Christmas specials.

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

I read for tiny Tim’s family. We’ve been this one.

[@diannewheatleygiliotti8513]

Thanks!

[@LindsayHoliday]

Thanks!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

YAY! love these videos with best teacher Lindsay 😊😊😊😊

[@RossOnofrio]

This sounds really cool I love your channel I alwas learn something new I didn't now about history ❤❤❤❤.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Great Caesar’s Ghost! I bet that their Christmas Dinners had Roasted Boar’s 🐗 Head and Roasted Goose!

[@llouie4999]

Thank you for the video! I enjoyed learning about how oranges and the pomanders became associated with the Christmas season. Someone introduced them to me when I was an adult and I've picked up making one each December. Those were also quite a lot of "cheeky" games (whether cheeks involved or not!)

[@lfgifu296]

ayy happy holidays! Nothing gets you in the spirit quite like History videos let’s be real

[@brendadrew834]

Thanks, I love the Regency era and Jane Austin's novels. As a former fashion student and NYC fashion illustrator the Regency look esp. the empire dresses are one of my favorite fashion eras along with the 1920s Art Deco and 1930s for women! I'm mostly of British ancestry and when Christmas comes around I'm always saying "Christmas is coming, the guess are getting fat' etc.! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025! Cheers~♥🎄🍷🎉

[@daniakalaina]

My church is Episcopal) and we have a church service of Christmas carols followed by a dinner on January 6. People dont really act up so Queen Victoria would be ok with it I think

[@raine4736]

Ms. Holiday! Please do a yearly trip and make it a “students+ young adults” trip to somewhere historical! I still couldn’t afford your trip but really wanted to go. Maybe partner with a college or program? Would love to go ❤

[@marionklein5210]

In the Netherlands we celibrate st. Nicholas day om december fifth, not six

[@subway830]

25:56 WAIT that's a mall near me!! That's Eaton Centre here in Canada!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@bkbff]

There were already laws in Germany regulating the size of trees people were allowed to cut down for Christmas decades before Martin Luther was born. Maypoles and/or trees were already being decorated for Christmas by guilds for public enjoyment.

[@naa7523]

@2.20 mins The Actual Season WAS SPRING! In London, Not Summer. So the Season, Endedn around the End Of June, AS The Heat of Summer Came In A Noisy, Noisome, Crowded Capital. The SUMMERS Were Spent AT The Country Houses OF The Aristocracy,; The House Party! The "Little Season" in London, Was AUTUMN. Winter Would Have Mostly Been Spent IN THEIR OWN Homes. With, possibly, More "family" Parties. And IF there was a Party, It was Not as large, not as lavish, and WAS more work oriented period of the Estates. Not Quite as Large as the Summer House Parties. So, "The Season" Was After Easter, (a quarter day) TO, End of June, (the Next quarter day). A 3 month period.

[@arlethsantamaria8596]

So close to 1M!!!❤

[@stavroulaanatolaki4308]

Lindsday. How about making a documentary about the movie A Royal Affair (2012)?

[@Morna777]

I'm in my mid 40s and I have done bobbing for apples. It did get changed for apples on a string when concerns about contagion were revised.

[@patricemitchell4392]

❤❤❤Merry Christmas

[@_lilactears4900]

great videos as always! really hoping that in your next videos you could do research of thailand's royal family they've been my hyperfixation for a while😅

[@pattyabdella44]

I love listening to you!! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas season ❤️🥰🙏🏽🎅🏼🎄✨⭐️

[@Luannnelson547]

We bobbed for apples at our school Halloween carnival in the mid- to late 1960s in Georgia, so I guess we didn’t really worry about germs either.

[@mellerknee]

We still bob for apples now! Usually at Halloween though

[@seaztheday4418]

17:26 Just a note; you mention "Mince meat pies" but show a picture of FRUIT mince pies. Christmas mince pies are specifically of the fruit variety, not the meat kind.

[@naomieggl]

Back then, the word “meat” didn’t exclusively mean the flesh of an animal. It could refer to other food too. So she’s not wrong. You can still buy jars of “mincemeat” these days.

[@Galistarwater]

I'd go for the chocolate. Sorry, not sorry, Mr. Darcy😂

[@bilhert9351]

ong are we resurrecting jane austen!

[@Kristenhas3cats]

Good video, I love Regency England!

[@lisahodges8299]

History!

[@Thedarkromantic1722]

Yay❤

[@cn.7200]

Best video yet!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lyndanickerson1373]

❤❤❤

[@LavaLamp0]

After this election, we decorated that weekend. We needed some happy….

[@LindsayHoliday]

Ditto

[@Nicole-ve3op]

I decorated Nov 5th cause the 6th felt like Christmas morning❤️ idk what you’re on about🤣😘

[@ashleydavis1937]

What an interesting topic!

[@madelinelamunyon7215]

I’ve heard section of Messiah it’s a very beautiful oratorio

[@171QA]

Great video.

[@sandralachance1424]

Around 21:06, what is that pâté? Lindsay brushed over it like everyone knows, but I can't understand how she called it. Br... something. I am very interested to know, and if someone has a recipe, that would be even better!

[@LindsayHoliday]

It's brawn, English version of a pâté. Check out my video on Queen Victoria's Christmas feast to get all the details: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poK6apiQjaajsMk

[@sandralachance1424]

@LindsayHoliday Oh! I think I know it as head cheese! Great, thanks!

[@guldenaydin9918]

🎀💐🎀💐

[@azabujuban-hito8085]

Dearest gentle readers, let me remind you the Queen Charlotte's actually white.

[@daniakalaina]

Bridgerton is fiction. Why are you so obsessed with the skin color of a character in a fictional work? What is it to you?

[@SuperEmilyW]

I'm so mad at Queen Victoria right now!

[@JaneHornsby-iz9ob]

Yeah, but I don't think she had the power to outlaw anything. Also, she wasn't a prude.

[@shandiw7749]

@@JaneHornsby-iz9obAgreed. I'm sure the cause for shortening Christmas celebrations was the latter reason given. And yes, Victoria was not a prude. It was Albert who was the uptight one. I like Lindsay's videos but I really wish she'd read Dr. Lucy Worsley's biography on Queen Victoria. Lindsay really seems to have a prejudice against her and I think the book might soften her attitude (not that Victoria was perfect but it still clears up a lot misconceptions).

[@kateywallis1238]

The balls and all that started end of oct to June. So don’t know where August as come from ..

[@shannonwysinger7475]

No wonder I was born on January 6. 😊

[@zabrinna6554]

❤

[@stormborns4853]

Did you really photoshop Penelope in the family portrait but not Daphne's husband, the Duke? Or at least the eighth Bridgerton sibling aka Francesca?

[@splatoon5824]

Is that Bridgeton photo photoshopped

[@LaylaDeVille]

I watch a movie in Netflix about story of the Virgin Mary,the mother of Jesus Christ, Please make a life story about Mary the mother of Christ, we can learn from my speech therapist that Mary was a teenager girl Be pregnant to son of God!✝️✝️✝️✝️

[@lindseyflower4365]

What is wrong with your voice? It is so affected.