Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas dinner

Christmas in Victorian England

Christmas in Victorian England: Decline

Christmas in Victorian England: Revival

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas Charity

Christmas in Victorian England: Protestants Embrace Christmas

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas Trees and Gifts

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas Carols

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas Greetings and Entertainments

Christmas in Victorian England: Customs in Decline

Christmas dinner was one of the few English Christmas customs that had never really gone out of fashion. The Victorians relished their holiday feast, contributing two new dishes to the traditional Christmas dinner. PLUM PUDDING, a dessert, replaced plum porridge as a first course. The Victorians also adopted roast turkey as a possible main course, in addition to the more traditional roast beef or roast goose. The renewed emphasis on the pleasures of the table, so ably promoted by Dickens, elevated the Christmas dinner into a centerpiece of the Victorian festival.