Welcome to A Victorian Year in Ontario

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, the year is 1865, Her Majesty Queen Victoria has reigned since 1837 and we are in the midst of a prosperous era. The purpose of this blog is to record the daily round of chores, tasks, trials and triumphs of our household in rural Upper Canada (now known as Ontario). We have embarked on an experiment to live a year as close to the way it was done in 1865 as we possibly can. We will post our remarks and await your comments, suggestions and critiques. So join us as we travel back in time.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Christmas is coming ,the goose is getting fat.....

Well it is officially 1 week before Christmas. Lots and lots of baking done.
Today my Grandson Jude and I spent the evening making Christmas crackers. These are always part of our Christmas table . And to not have them would cause a stir with the children. Jude had fun making them for the first time. I think he ate as many pieces of candy as was put in the tubes. But considering he is turning 6 Christmas day he is allowed.
The parlour looks fantastic by the way.We had a lovely contractor and his wife put up the paper for us . Albert and Candace Boost from London did a wonderful job and in no time flat. Albert is a true expert and we were very grateful that he was able to help us with this with such short notice. He will be back to do other things for us in the new year. In the mean time if you or anyone you know needs work done ,at a very fair price and done extremely well give Albert a call @ 519-204-7576...fantastic work indeed.
I can hardly wait to show off the parlour ,it is beautiful.Well I had better go for now .I will talk to you later on this week...have fun preparing for the holidays.
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2 comments:

  1. NinaDecember 19, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    Did you put snappers into your crackers? If so, where did you find them? I've looked all over for the snappers this year in order to make Xmas crackers, to no avail!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 26, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Does your contractor do drywall?

    Bess

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