Historical workshop on Victorian Christmas traditions, with games, songs and hands-on making of a Christmas card and cracker.
St Mary's Guildhall is hosting Home Educators: A Victorian Christmas on Thursday 10 December, a two-hour historical workshop that looks at where our modern Christmas traditions actually come from. It's part of the Guildhall's Home Educators series, so it's built for families rather than a seated audience.
The session traces the history of a Victorian Christmas and the customs that survived into the present. You'll spend the morning following the thread from the 19th century to the way we do things now, and there's a hands-on side to it too: everyone makes their own Christmas card and cracker to take home. There's also a look at how Victorians entertained themselves, with parlour games and singing to get stuck into. It's recommended for ages 5 to 15, so it works for a wide range of children in one go.
It's one of several festive things on at the Guildhall this winter, which is leaning into the Tudor and Victorian eras. Alongside this, there's a Tudor Christmas workshop, a Victorian Christmas Day, storytelling with Father Christmas, candlelight mulled wine tours, carols from Coventry Cathedral singers, and Gatsby Nights set in 1928. If you're planning a few family outings over the month, you can pick and choose from the lot.
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The workshop runs from 11am on 10 December at St Mary's Guildhall on Bayley Lane, CV1 5RN. Tickets are £8.50 per child and £1 per adult, with a maximum of two adults per booking.
