In medieval times, December was not just about Advent and the feast days associated with the Twelve Days of Christmas, there were also other feast days.
How much do you know about these other December feast days?
Get those little grey cells working and test yourself with today’s fun puzzle, a crossword puzzle. The answers are all on the Tudor Society website or in our Tudor Feast Days ebook!
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The 6th December was and is the feast of St Nicholas, or St Nicholas of Myra, the 4th century Bishop of Myra (modern-day Demre in Turkey), who is the patron saint of children, as well as sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, brewers, pawnbrokers and students. In medieval and Tudor times, it was traditional for a choirboy to be chosen on 6th December or Childermas (Holy Innocents’ Day) as “Boy Bishop” to act as bishop and to lead processions around communities, collecting money for the church and parish funds, and to lead some religious services.
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