Name: The REAL British Christmas // Vlogmas 2019 Day 22
Uploaded: 2020-03-27T18:59:00.000Z
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Today we've come to Petworth which is a tiny little village

as you know, we're obsessed with National Trust houses.

that's all about Christmas, way back in time.

Christmas, history, two things I love, very excited.

So, this is Amelia Dovelle who is the Queen of Christmas,

So, right now I'm planning next year's Christmas

but it does mean that come personal Christmas,

I have to really try to be not over the top.

We decorated my mum's Christmas tree the other weekend.

And I walked in and all the fairy lights were wrong,

so, I had to sort out the fairy (laughs) lights

I just don't have anything, I have like a white box

- You're just like, I don't even have Christmas.

- No, no, no, she cares too much about Christmas.

- You're running the Christmas show here at Petworth House.

- Which is called, I think, Before Tinsel and Turkey?

- Yeah, Christmas before Tinsel and Turkey.

So, it's essentially a pre-Victorian Christmas.

So, we're talking sort of in the Georgian era.

It's before electricity, it's, obviously, before internet,

So, it's all about, greenery, bringing the outdoors in.

It's about the food, it's about the wine,

- It does, it sounds like a lovely Christmas.

- And it's all about playing games together

The sort of main pastimes would've been board games.

So, here we have a room where we have set out some,

a typical Georgian style board games if you want to play.

There's some for kids, there's some for adults.

Yeah, we have the replica of the Snakes and Ladders

that's one of the earliest prints of Snakes and Ladders

because the board games are all about morals and learning.

- Well, they kinda still are, aren't they?

'Cause I feel like Monopoly is about capitalism, go for it.

- Game of Life, that's another one about morals.

- [Amelia] Make as much money as you can.

- It's not really about being a good person.

Back then it was just, you'd be going up bad boy lane

or you'd be going down honesty path and things like that.

So, they were pretty in your face with it back then.

or sort of singing with each other, singing songs.

You'd definitely go to church in the morning.

And, then, you might sort of have a little pantomime.

You might perform for each other, play charades.

And, then, eat some more food and drink some more.

- We have carried on quite a lot of those.

- Yeah and to be honest to us that sounds wonderful.

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