How Britain used to celebrate Christmas

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These fascinating photos show how boars’ heads at the Savoy, bunches of mistletoe and the biggest pudding imaginable were central to Christmas celebrations 100 years ago. Though many people today dangle dainty bunches of mistletoe over the threshold of their home, these pictures reveal young children dragging huge hauls of the plant down the street after the tradition of kissing under it came to the UK in the 1700s and was popularised under Queen Victoria.

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