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2. 18 quirky British Christmas traditions that probably confuse ...

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   The BBC reported that the first-known mince-pie recipe dates back to an 1830s-era English cookbook. By the mid-17th century, people reportedly began associating the small pies with Christmas. At ...

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   A cake that may also be served at Christmas time in the United Kingdom, in addition to the traditional Christmas cake, is the cake known as a "Yule Log, or chocolate log". This is a Swiss roll that is coated in chocolate, resembling a log. The Christmas cake largely displaced the previously popular Twelfth-night cake during the Victorian era.

4. 9 Christmas traditions in England that probably confuse ... - AOL

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   Christmas pudding, also referred to as figgy pudding or plum pudding, is another longtime holiday tradition in the UK.. It's a boiled cake made with dried fruit and soaked in aged alcohol, and it ...

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   Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history. In the 15th century, it was recorded that in London, it was the custom at Christmas for every house and all the parish churches to be "decked with holm, ivy, bays, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded to be green". [4]

6. Yule log (cake) - Wikipedia

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   Made of sponge cake, to resemble a miniature actual Yule log, it is a form of sweet roulade. The cake emerged in the 19th century, probably in France, before spreading to other countries. [2] It is traditionally made from a genoise, generally baked in a large, shallow Swiss roll pan, iced, rolled to form a cylinder, and iced again on the outside.

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   Here's everything to know about the British Christmas cake, as well as Ashton's full favorite British Christmas cake recipe. Related: This Vintage-Inspired Christmas Punch Couldn't Be Easier—or ...