Tuesday 25th November 2025, 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Zoom sign-in from 7.15pm)
Dorset Family History Society is hosting a Zoom Meeting with MARK LEWIS talking on 'CRIBS, CARDS & CHRISTINGLES – THE ORIGINS OF CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS'.
With a month before Christmas this is a talk which explores how our colourful Christmas traditions and customs came into being and how they are celebrated. The presentation also includes some of the lesser-known folklore including Jesse Trees, Chrismons, Mumming Plays and Wassailing.
Mark is a freelance artist, designer-silversmith and semi-retired university lecturer who has enjoyed a wide-ranging teaching career. Until the summer of 2009, he was a Principal Lecturer in the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University. He currently lectures part-time at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in London and is a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University.
Society Members who have consented to receive information by e-mail will find a meeting invitation link in the latest E-News, usually sent on the last Friday each month. If that has not been received, it is also available in the password protected Members’ Area on the website (
www.dorsetfhs.org.uk)
Those who do not receive E-News, or who are not Society Members, are welcome to join this meeting and should email
liaison@dorsetfhs.org.uk with a request for an invitation link. This request should reach us at least 6 hours before the meeting is due to start, and the link will be sent about 2 hours before the meeting starts.
We welcome a £3.00 donation from each person after they have attended a meeting, payable on the Society’s shop on the website www.dorsetfhs.org.uk
EVERYONE WELCOME TO JOIN THE MEETING, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS.
