The decorations, which were traditionally put up on Christmas Eve, used to stay out until February 2 (the end of Candlemas). This used to be the official end of Christmas in Medieval England.

It all comes from a medieval notion that decorations left up after ... It falls exactly 40 days after Christmas, and in medieval England it was the official end of Christmas – and another ...

Soon every home in Britain had a tree bedecked with candles, sweets, fruit, homemade decorations and small gifts. In 1843 Henry Cole commissioned an artist to design a card for Christmas.

QUESTION: In A Christmas Tree ... Where is the centre of England? S. Roja, Tonbridge, Kent Such decorations were made from Japanned tin. Japanned refers to a decorative technique that imitated ...