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has.pro- Bf easy to do Chratmas tips,?
iristmasM m X' |3 is'onits'way andjBritain is' | Arne a wasteland againV. with,
I of year. Find a place in your ainers, rather than small car? lJcicd cards—that!s the trick ;.
1 bottles until you have time to l 1 recycling banks (remember Tull at festive time)i Buy drinks
1ners -bank those boUles; s"f l 0 % and 30 %' more glass is Uir bins at Ghristmas than at
live season, households throw Tion Christmas and New Year mecycled cards (many of these i arities) and get your children fr own, using old cardboard, 3o use last year's Christmas
I gift tags?
Irs - a festive feast for rats - - peyritain's bins are so bulging at M spill over. And if they con- 1 d, they make a tasty festive l . If you have not got a com- Iur local tips does not supply I use as much leftover food as l do not just make turkey sand- Ieative in your kitchen!
l s every year - and then dump Isof them at the tipi brbn the l ome still trimmed with deco- hu are buying a real tree, check J i press to see where you can | ound 250 councils sent festive Ihipping machines last year. I Yule be glad you didl:
n by recycling that tree j iseholds buy six million real
I are just soihe suggestions on J have a green Christmas., But Ias many more, from ideas oh ^ramentally friendjy presents
i j' chief executive Mr Alan INobody wants to spoil the fun As and I believe the common- | ons we have come up with bal-
ns, down to the bags you use _ ristmas shopping.
j aging, we could slim our fes- I 40%. That would reduce pte mountain and stop extra lit- limts way on to our streets tips
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f ritain can: enjoy;the:se£Bon Lor our planet. ; • '''" ' i/' •,
:T H IS .year mo re th a n 40: in its
m illio n p eo p le:w ill fin ish th e ir - fe stiv e m e a l w ith . Christmas pudding, yet few
know of its origins or of the customs an d su p e rstitio n s associated with it. , IV According-to research carried
different. : It originated as a 14th C e n t^
i argest producers of Christmas
puddings, today's tasty dessert- : began as something completely
out. b y :. Derbyshire-based l Matthew Walker, Britaints
"porridge" called frumenty, which : was made'by boiling beef and
: ng into plum pudding, having wnd one that is said to bring
been thickened with eggs, bread ■ crumbs and dried fruit, and given
mutton with raisins, currants, prunes, wines and spices. This would often be more like a soup and was eaten as a fasting dish in preparation for the Christmas fes tivities. i By 1595, frumenty was evolv
cry Christmas dessert, along t ame the Puritans in 1664 and . hey banned it as a lewd custom . describing its rich ingredients as
unfit for God-fearing people. • It was George I who; having
more flavour thanks to the addi tion of ale and spirits. a Just as it became the custom-,-
's/y c fM /i^ 0 c ^ c d S i ^
' : ingredients to re Ipresent Christ, ' . '5-
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spoohfrom east to west, in honour of the Three Kings. : Although Christmas marks-
. Christ's birth, some customs asso-
dated with the puddings repre sent the.
prelude.to his death. ■ ■ When you set light to the br^dy,
and his disciples, and that every - member, of, the family.take turns : to stir the pudding with a wooden
or-your favourite tipple, which is ? poured over the pudding, the; flame is said to represent Christ's passion, while a decorative sprig ■ of holly is a reminder of his Crown of Thorns.
ond to have healing powers. It was bften planted near, houses in the ; elief that it protected the inhabi-.,
tants. .
d Putting a sil-ver coin in the pud aing is another age-old custom-
nclude rings, which mean mar ■ riage within a year, and thimbles
a In the Middle Ages, holly was ' also thought to bring good luck
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wealth, health and happiness to ' i hoever finds it. Other items put in the mixture over the years,
and buttons, which predict the finders will remain spinsters and. bachelors. .Matthew IValker estimates m that this Christmas more than 25
Ce-established it as part of the ■ ouseholds buying them and 18% r tasted and enjoyed plum pudding,'
o hristmas feast in 1714 - despite, r bjections- by .Quakers, who tegarded it as "the invention of
t uddings had evolved into some > hing which looked similar to the,
he scarlet whore of Babylon". p; By Victorian times, Christmas
, ons have surrounded this pppu-
ones enjoyed today.: : . ti Over the years,.m^y supersti
s illiuon puddings will be con humed a t home, with 51% of:
making their own. In addition, e around another 15 million will be
suchaten in catering establishments,
rants. ,According to Mrs Beeton, the most famous of cookery books; e Christmas puddings need up to
as canteens, pubs and rratau- hoight hours cooking, then two p S k e ,;s ;u f 0 y o u r r vM -« C jA j*
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ans. ■ . '' i At the end of the day, though,
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S currants from Greece; sherry from muddings that Matthew Walker pain; orange and lemon peel . ake win more awards than any
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