Secondly, the Lords and Ladies of the manor would box up their leftover food, or sometimes gifts and distribute them the day after Christmas to tenants who lived and worked on their lands. I enjoyed celebrating our Christmas over two days. There are certain joys to having a big family, and of course being British we don't just do the dinner thing. In America, it's usually breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well in the UK, it's breakfast, dinner and tea.
Tea can consist of just about anything that's short of a full meal.
A variety of sandwiches is one, usually followed by cake, or we could have a salad with meat or cheese. But the fun part is, you can be invited to a different house for each separate meal. The last Christmas I spent in Leicester, I enjoyed Christmas dinner with my Mum, Christmas tea with my sister and Boxing Day was spent somewhere else entirely. Love to All My Family in England. For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to Elizabeth Batt's Leicestershire, Past and Present topic, please visit the Discussions page .