Medieval Christmas
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The Same House, the Darlings?
Mummer's plays are hugely important part of mediaeval celebration of christmas. They involve putting on masks and going into homes in order to do them. And there is a specific custom, specifically for yorkshire, that's called mumming. So we think saint francis of assisi, in about 12 23, is the one who came up with the idea of doing a live nativity scene. But they would start out with having baby jesus and mary and joseph in the stable,. until eventually the magi show up on epiphany.
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