To end my Christmas Series 2021 I’ve made these cute Drawstring Santa’s Sack Gift Bags These have evolved from my Whiches Cauldrons I made back in November. By extending the top and changing a few measurements you get these cool drawstring effect. If you add a base they make brilliant table favours, sit them in […]
Nothing spreads Christmas cheer like dancing. Even scrooge cracked a smile as Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig flew across the dance floor for their Christmas ball. That made me wonder what the Christmas dances of Dickens Fezziwig’s ball are. Dances of a Victorian Ball A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens was set sometime between 1820-1840 in […]
Christmas and dancing go hand in hand. A traditional Christmas dance Charles Dickens wrote about in A Christmas Carol was Sr Roger De Coverley country dance. It is no wonder he wrote about Fezziwig frolicking to Sir Roger de Coverley at his Christmas ball. History of Sir Roger de Coverley The Dance Sir Roger de […]