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A Jane Austen Christmas: Regency Christmas Traditions (Jane Austen Regency Life Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Maria Grace (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.2 207 ratings

Book 1 of 3: Jane Austen Regency Life

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Many Christmas traditions and images of ‘old fashioned’ holidays are based on Victorian celebrations. Going back just a little further, to the beginning of the 19th century, the holiday Jane Austen knew would have looked distinctly odd to modern sensibilities.

How odd? Families rarely decorated Christmas trees. Festivities centered on socializing instead of gift-giving. Festivities focused on adults, with children largely consigned to the nursery. Holiday events, including balls, parties, dinners, and even weddings celebrations, started a week before Advent and extended all the way through to Twelfth Night in January.

Take a step into history with Maria Grace as she explores the traditions, celebrations, games and foods that made up Christmastide in Jane Austen's era. Packed with information and rich with detail from period authors, Maria Grace transports the reader to a longed-for old fashioned Christmas.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PJ17EEA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ White Soup Press (November 10, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 10, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3022 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 122 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #393,496 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #136 in Historical Study Reference (Kindle Store)
- #324 in Historical Study Reference (Books)
- #402 in History Encyclopedias

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Maria Grace

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Six time BRAG Medallion Honoree, #1 Best-selling Historical Fantasy author Maria Grace has her PhD in Educational Psychology and is a 16-year veteran of the university classroom where she taught courses in human growth and development, learning, test development and counseling. None of which have anything to do with her undergraduate studies in economics/sociology/managerial studies/behavior sciences.

She pretends to be a mild-mannered writer/cat-lady, but most of her vacations require helmets and waivers or historical costumes, usually not at the same time.

She writes gas lamp fantasy, historical romance and non-fiction to help justify her research addiction.

Her books are available at all major online booksellers.

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CrisH

Great information about Christmas and Austen

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2021

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Author Maria Grace is a great researcher about history, culture, food and traditions.
This is her first book I have in physical and it was great to read it around Christmas and to learn so much about it.
Definitely I will look at some of the recipies for this year.
Without a doubt her website randombitsoffascination.com has so much to learn and enjoy, as it is her novels.

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Gratia

Wonderful source of information

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023

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Ms Grace delves into the minutiae of Regency life over the winter festive season. Although there is some repetition, the book is overall well researched and informative. I recommend it to authors of Regency based books as well as people who are just interested in learning more about that period of time.

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Jimbo

Christmas the way it should be.

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2021

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Great book. It was well researched. I wish we celebrated Christmas the old way. They had so much fun and it went on for days.

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alaskanchick

Interesting but suspect information

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2020

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I read this, hoping to get more information about Regency era Christmas traditions, and while it does provide a nice overview of some aspects, it wasn't a great book.

First off, most of the book isn't about Christmas. Half of it is dedicated to recipes from the era (some of which were used at Christmas), which is mildly interesting if you want to cook them. But they're not easy to follow for modern cooks as they don't have a lot of measurements, and it's not really the reason one picks up a book like this. Another good portion is dedicated to entertaining in general and isn't specific to Christmas--like the etiquette for a dinner party or ball and a list of card games they played back then. Yes, balls, dinner parties, and card parties were part of Christmas celebrations, but it seemed strange to focus on the etiquette behind it and random specifics that don't give enough information to be really informative but about Christmas, either.

But honestly, my main issue with the book is I know of at least a couple inacurracies, which makes it hard to trust the rest of it. Having done a lot of reading on the subject of Regency etiquette, there were little things here and there that were presented as hard fact, but I've read in other reliable resources that say they weren't. I don't want to nit-pick things, but there were little things here and there.

The vast majority of the sources she cites in her bibliography are blog posts, which is problematic because a lot of blogs just recycle info gleaned from other blog posts and may not have been researched properly or cite "facts" based on their knowledge of Georgette Heyer books, which took a lot of liberties with history and societal norms. (Side note: yes, Heyer did do a ton of research and strove for accuracy, but she wasn't from the era, and she got things wrong or just plain changed things to fit the world she wanted to present.) Most of the book reads like a collection of blog posts strung together into a book, which isn't bad if you're looking for all that info gathered into one place, but blogs aren't reliable resources. And I've read other blog posts from those bloggers she cited that contradict some of the things the author claimed in her book.

So, yeah. It's a decent overview if you want a vague picture, but it's not a reliable resource and needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It's perfect for people who are just fans of the Regency era and want to learn a little bit, but if you're looking for a strong resource, this isn't the best place. Bonus, it is a cheap book, which is nice, and it wasn't a bad one to check out, but don't rely on this alone to educate you about Christmas in the Regency era.

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Sarah

She loved this book and said it was very interesting

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2017

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My mom loves Jane Austen, and every year I get her loads of Austen swag for Christmas. I'm starting to run out! She loved this book and said it was very interesting. She read it within a day over Christmas break and kept telling me things she'd learned from it. I definitely think it's perfect for someone who's into that era.

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David L Finney

A fun read

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2021

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This was a delightful short read. The only reason for not giving it 5 stars is simply that, as a long-time JA fan and fan of all things of this period, I did not find a lot of this information to be new, to me. But those new to JA will be delighted.

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Joan

I thought it was quite good, not at all what I expected

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2016

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I thought it was quite good, not at all what I expected. The customs were quite different than we know today. She went to depth about those customs. I plan on talking to my daughter about using some for Christmas this year.

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Brenda

A Regency Christmas? Yes. Jane Austen specific? No.

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016

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I felt the title of the book was misleading. Yes, it's about Christmas in the Regency era, but Jane and her family play a tiny, tiny role in this book. Over 1/3 is devoted to Regency Christmas dish recipes, almost 1/3 is devoted to references and more about the author and her other books. If you're hoping to learn anything about Jane Austen, this is not the book for you.

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Adorei!

Reviewed in Brazil on November 25, 2018

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Muito bom! Leitura fácil e rápida.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2019

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Luca

. Bellissimo regalo per le appassionate del genere

Reviewed in Italy on May 4, 2018

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Preso per un regalo per mia zia che è appassionata di Jane Austen ed è rimasta molto contenta. Spedizione veloce ha rispettato i tempi come al solito, il libro carino anche come "collezione".

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