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Talk: 'Mistletoe, Wrens and Mummers – Christmas traditions & folklore' with Kirsty Hartsiotis

  • The Museum in the Park Stratford Park, Stratford Road Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, GL5 4AF United Kingdom (map)

Ever wondered where our Christmas traditions come from? Or how people celebrated Christmas in the past? Join folklorist, storyteller and writer Kirsty Hartsiotis in a hunt for Britain's quirkiest Christmas traditions, and discover the secrets of some of the things we take for granted at Christmastide. From hunting the wren to kissing under the mistletoe, and from eating a mince pie a day to ensuring the house was clean to keep out the fairies, find out about the Christmas season from Advent to Candlemas – and discover some of our Christmas traditions in the Cotswolds from midwinter fires to wassailing, and those mummer’s plays of course – In Comes I!

Tickets £7 (£5 Museum in the Park Members & Concs)

Tea, coffee & mince pies included

Booking required - book online or call 01453 763394