was born and raised in England. “I can say for certain that our national tradition of Christmas dinner is cherished and almost uniformly adhered to by a large portion of the population,” he said.

Christmas has long been a time for family and friends to gather for festive feasts but what we eat on the big day has changed significantly through the centuries. Top tips for creating the perfect ...

In 1843 Henry Cole commissioned an artist to design a card for Christmas. The illustration showed a group of people around a dinner table and a Christmas message. At one shilling each, these were ...