I had the pleasure of chatting to James Hanson on BBC Radio Bristol this morning, just for a couple of minutes, about Christmas decorations and Candlemas.
I know from my social media feeds that many people have already taken down their decorations and got "back to normal", and usually the tradition is to take them down before Twelfth Night or Epiphany, but medieval and Tudor people didn't rush to take down the greenery they'd put up.
I talked about this live on air with James and you can catch the interview at the following link. Go to 3:39:42 and I'm talking to James after the song "Caught in the Middle by A1.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0918lqb
You can also read more in this article - https://www.tudorsociety.com/christmas-decorations-twelfth-night-and-candlemas/
That’s really cool, Claire! Going to check it out in a bit. Thanks for sharing the link. Michelle t