Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Puritans were spoilsports

Yes 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

I'm going to put my PJ's on BRB.

Go behind the curtain then 

bazzzyyy

I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick  the @rse out of it.!

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.

Liqorice comfits.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick  the @rse out of it.!

 Yes

Syd posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

love Tudor music/madrigals/ three voices etc

Beautiful...sometimes when I hear it I feel as if I am there.........

yes I adore it

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick  the @rse out of it.!

Yes

Can't help singing "Tick a Tick a Timex" when I hear that music.......

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.

Liqorice comfits.

torpedos we called them

Now you’re talking 

Baz posted:

Now you’re talking 

Sweets and cakes....count me in 

Syd posted:

Can't help singing "Tick a Tick a Timex" when I hear that music.......

Showing your age there Syd 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Now you’re talking 

Sweets and cakes....count me in 

And me 

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick  the @rse out of it.!

I think it has changed hugely in recent years.

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Now you’re talking 

Sweets and cakes....count me in 

And me 

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.

Liqorice comfits.

torpedos we called them

Yes 

those masks are weird - very witchy

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

I think we over do Xmas at present, but going by this programme, the Tudors really did kick  the @rse out of it.!

.😂😂😂

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.

Liqorice comfits.

torpedos we called them

Yes 

It's quite homo-erotic.

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

those masks are weird - very witchy

Scary 

lots of pagan actvities

I am all for having an extended 12 days off work, where we just party and wear masks and eat...

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.

Liqorice comfits.

torpedos we called them

Yes 

We called them comfits....torpedos were bigger

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

It's quite homo-erotic.

I enjoyed that. Thanks for the company, everyone 

I enjoyed that .....good company too 

That brought me good cheers.

I really enjoyed that......... made me feel Christmassy (at last)........

xxx

Thanks for the company everyone....night night

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

As a kid I remember having a sweet with an aniseed in the middle.

Liqorice comfits.

torpedos we called them

Yes 

We called them comfits....torpedos were bigger

didn't call them comfits - just remember torpedos but there were bigger ones

Did she say why originally a banquet was just all the sweet stuff?

thanks bazzy enjoyed that

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Did she say why originally a banquet was just all the sweet stuff?

Googled it.........and got a very interesting and in depth article on Wikipaedia.