Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night.

Today we made a twelfth night cake not only for luck in the year ahead and as a sweet treat for tomorrow but also for a new tradition.

Inspired by the court of Henry Vll of England, who combined traditional British Wassailing on Twelfth night with a tradition termed as the Lord of Misrule, the Lord of Misrule - always a peasant chosen at random on twelfth night would have more powers than the king (within reason I expect) in ensuring that merriment on the last day of Christmas celebrations were had until the end. Apparently this tradition was held in high regard by Henry Vlll who also loved giving his kingly duties over to the Lord of Misrule for the day and taking a bit of a backseat - the lord would sit in the kings chair and often make rather serious demands to be fed and watered all day.

I am still so much in the Christmas spirit and really want to relish in these last hours so I thought that tonight we would have our own merriment maker for this evening and the Epiphany tomorrow. The person who found the raisin in our cake would have the honour and get to have their pick of games played, songs sung and merriment all around.

Safe to say my 10yo was so happy to have found that raisin, and we have a game of guess who planned (she said she’s sleep on the rest)

If you celebrate Epiphany I wish you all a blessed and fun filled celebration ⭐️