Sleighbells, presents, trees, shepherds, angels and wise men – for nearly two thousand years the celebration of Christmas has been an annual fixture. With these videos and resources, explore the many different ways that Christmas has been celebrated throughout history!

Resources

Christmas Traditions Through Time

Join the Time Tunnellers for a collection of Christmas traditions past and present. Perhaps they can serve as inspiration for some Christmas writing?

A Victorian Christmas Tree

Join Time Tunneller Barbara Henderson as she takes us back to the first Christmas trees in the UK and sets a writing challenge for schools! Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, a young runaway and washing pegs all get a mention!

Mary, Queen of Scots – and Christmas!

Time Tunneller Barbara Henderson shares a birthday with Mary, Queen of Scots. In this video, she finds out a bit more about Christmas at the court of this most famous and tragic of monarchs. Have you ever heard of the Festival of the Bean, for example? Mary’s companion Mary Fleming was lucky enough to be Queen of the Bean one Christmas at the Palace of Holyrood