Name: Laying the Table at Christmas – The Victorian Way
Uploaded: 2022-10-11T17:36:47.000Z
Duration: 9 min 17 s
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- Season's greetings and welcome to Audley End House.

I understand you have come from Mrs. Macy's registry

to lend a hand during the busy Christmas season.

but you must supply your own silk stockings and gloves.

you have worked at some high quality establishments,

which some people might consider old-fashioned.

So, I shall show you the way in which we do things here.

from the 16th of December until the 22nd.

You will be expected to wait on the family,

Lord and Lady Braybrooke, and 10 to 18 other guests.

so you can expect them to be hungry and not entirely sober,

on their Christmas shopping trip to London.

feels very strongly on the topic of Christmas shopping,

but criticised for spending and will bend anyone's ear

as that is our busy Christmas period over

As besides myself, we already have two footmen here

You'll be used to serving à la russe I think,

where you offer a guest a dish to their side.

They then serve themselves or indeed refuse the dish

Lord Braybrooke is too set in his ways to adopt the style

even though I believe The Queen now serves in this way.

as she only has to prepare one or two dishes at a time.

And it is much more manageable for her and her girls.

But I believe our style is slightly more impressive

and I know she's up to rising to the challenge.

We serve in the more traditional style of à la française.

and the guests then serve themselves and indeed each other.

You will assist me in laying the tablecloth.

and the tablecloth will be pressed by Mrs. Warwick

and we shall lay the table with complete precision.

Now, of course, this is a much smaller table

so you have to imagine there will be flowers

Ah, it's a shame you will not be here for Christmas,

It stands there magnificently from Christmas Eve

A short while before dinner you will assist me

You will lay them out in symmetrical rows

to be on declaration throughout the meal.

Because we serve our meal over four courses,

with the cutlery they need for every course.

The first course will be soup to be removed by fish,

which Lord Braybrooke insists upon carving himself.

The soup dishes will be on the sideboard,

the carving knife at the head of the table,

Every diner shall have a plate and a napkin.

I presume you are used to them being folded

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Laying the Table at Christmas – The Victorian Way

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