“During the Middle Ages the Christmas season lasted forty days, until Candlemas in 2 February, and January was supposed to be a month of feasting, not fasting - the exact opposite of the modern ‘Dry January’.” Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year
January: a month of feasting
January: a month of feasting
January: a month of feasting
“During the Middle Ages the Christmas season lasted forty days, until Candlemas in 2 February, and January was supposed to be a month of feasting, not fasting - the exact opposite of the modern ‘Dry January’.” Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year