Advent Calendar: 19 December – Snow Queen
Illustration of the Snow Queen from Andrew Lang’s The Pink Fairy Book published in 1897 (Lan PZ8.L2P5). The original fairy tale of the Snow Queen… Read More »Advent Calendar: 19 December – Snow Queen
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Advent Calendar: 18 December – University Hall Calendar
Final page from a hand-made Calendar from 1920. The students of University Hall, St Andrews, the first all-female residence in Scotland (1896), presented a series… Read More »Advent Calendar: 18 December – University Hall Calendar
Advent Calendar: 17 December – Gingerbread
Ginger bread Take 4 quarts of fine flower and a pound of sweet butter and half an ounce of ginger and as much pepper beatten and… Read More »Advent Calendar: 17 December – Gingerbread
Advent Calendar: 16 December – Christmas Party
A black and white photograph of a Christmas party, complete with Christmas tree and Father Christmas (GMC-4-5-3). The photograph is by George Cowie, a local… Read More »Advent Calendar: 16 December – Christmas Party
Advent Calendar: 15 December – WWI Christmas Cards
Christmas cards were very popular during the First World War, perhaps bringing a sense of normality during a time of year when family would be… Read More »Advent Calendar: 15 December – WWI Christmas Cards
Advent Calendar: 14 December – Long walk in the snow
Photograph of the ‘Long Walk, St Andrews’ in snow in 1913. This image is from the papers of the Botany Department of the University of… Read More »Advent Calendar: 14 December – Long walk in the snow
Advent Calendar: 13 December – Reindeer
Illustration of a reindeer from one the engraved plates in Johannes Schefferus’ Lapponia, a history of Northern Scandinavia and the Sami people. A noted Swedish… Read More »Advent Calendar: 13 December – Reindeer
Advent Calendar: 12 December – The Snowman
Photograph by local press photographer George Cowie of a young girl making a snowman, dated between 1925-1935 (GMC-EC-30-a). Making snowmen is a popular winter activity,… Read More »Advent Calendar: 12 December – The Snowman
Advent Calendar: 11 December – Christmas Tree
Colour illustration of a Christmas tree from The Gift Book for all Seasons: A book of Instruction and Amusement for All Young People, 1860 (rper… Read More »Advent Calendar: 11 December – Christmas Tree
Advent Calendar: 10 December – Father Christmas
Illustration of Father Christmas “Up-to-Date” by the illustrator Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914), published in the magazine Punch, or the London Charivari, 26 December 1896 (per… Read More »Advent Calendar: 10 December – Father Christmas
Advent Calendar: 9 December – ‘Christmas Chants’
The Scottish folklorist Alexander Carmichael edited the songs, lore and poems of the Gaelic speaking regions of Scotland in the work Carmina Gadelica, 1900 (r… Read More »Advent Calendar: 9 December – ‘Christmas Chants’
Advent Calendar: 8 December – Curling
Photograph of the beginning of a curling match between the Silver Foxes Curling Club, East Lothian and the Dundee Curling Club dated between 1925-1935, possibly… Read More »Advent Calendar: 8 December – Curling