Merry Christmas everyone. What a year, so lets round it off in comfort. This special episode features.

Thank you’s.

Quick chat about Victorian Christmas Cards

Introducing Mrs Beeton, and the standardisation of recipes.

Why running a household really was difficult.

A valet or a butler?

Hints of gender conflicts and the danger of left over Turkey.

Order above all – Spit Spot.

Mince pies, and extraordinary mince pies

What would the neighbours say?

The birth of sweets

Dying for a humbug

Pass the arsenic.

A Christmas Ghost story.

You can find the full mince pie recipe here

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