CHRISTMAS TARTAN!
Festive weaves for the season of Yule!
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“While Santa keeks doon frae the mantle above,
the Yule log crackles oan this Christmas Nicht,
waurmin’ hearth an’ hame by burnin’ sae bricht.
We coorie thegither, my wife an’ I,
voicin’ oor thouchts aboot the day ganged by.
A’ wheest in the daurk we savour oor love.”
‘When the Yule log Crackles’
~ Francis Kerr Young
Enjoy the vintage seasonal postcards, specialty tartan collection and a bit of mood music!
Mood Music?
Enjoy this special selection of tartans!
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Tartans for the Season of Santa!
In Scotland the period over Christmas was once known as the Yules, a time of extended feasting and celebration. This idea is reflected in names like Nollaig mhòr, ‘Big Christmas’ – given to Christmas Day – and Nollag bheag, ‘Little Christmas’ or ‘New Year’s Day’. Other traditional names for the season allude to the light it brings to hearth and home such as Oidhche Choinnle , ‘Candle Night’.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
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Krampus ornament
Krampusnacht (Night of the Krampus)
Dec 5
In Central European folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat, half-demon", who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts.
Vintage St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas Day
Dec 6
Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas (15 March 270 – 6 December 343) also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor (modern-day Demre, Turkey). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, a practice celebrated on his feast day and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Vintage Holiday Traditions
Dec 9
Peanuts was a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written that ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. Peanuts is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being".
Llama Day
Dec 9
Peanuts was a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written that ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. Peanuts is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being".
Some of the Yule Lads
Yule Lads Nights
Dec 12
This tartan was inspired by the Yule Lads from Icelandic folklore who are thirteen mischievous brothers that come down from the mountains every year around Christmas. Each night from December 12th through December 24th, a Yule Lad visits people in their homes to scare them and steal things.
Eggnog with nutmeg
Eggnog Month
Dec 15
Eggnog is traditionally consumed throughout Canada and the United States at Christmas every year, often from American Thanksgiving through the end of the Christmas season. ​ Eggnog may have developed from posset, a medieval European beverage made with hot milk that was curdled with wine or ale and flavoured with spices. In the Middle Ages, posset was used as a cold and flu remedy and remained a popular remedy throughout the 19th century.
Gingerbread Spices
Gingerbread House Day
Dec 17
December is the month devoted to traditional Christmas foods, and gingerbreads and cookies are one of the most anticipated of Christmas treats. With many variations of ingredients, gingerbread is usually flavoured with ginger, molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, coriander, star anise, mace, cardamom, and black pepper. In Germany, gingerbread cookies called Lebkuchen have long been a fixture at street festivals, often in the shape of hearts frosted with sugary messages.
Stealing a Kiss
The Christmas Season
Dec 20
Dressing for the holidays can often include not only seasonal colours for clothing, but traditional decorations, including decking the halls, not only with boughs of holly, but often with the mistletoe herb, in the form of a "kissing-bough." Kissing under sprigs of mistletoe is a well-known holiday tradition, but this plant’s history as a symbolic herb dates back thousands of years. Many ancient cultures prized mistletoe for its healing properties.
Christmas Punch
Wassailing Days and Christmas Carolers!
Dec 22
Wassail is a hot, mulled punch often associated with Yuletide drunk from a 'wassailing bowl'. The earliest versions were warmed mead – ale brewed with honey – into which roasted crab apples were dropped and burst to create a drink called 'lambswool'. ​ Later, the drink evolved to become a mulled cider made with sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, topped with slices of toast as sops and drunk from a large communal bowl.
Santa's Elves
The Christmas Season
Dec 23
In modern traditional folklore, a Christmas elf is a diminutive creature that lives with Santa Claus in the North Pole and acts as his helper. Christmas elves are often depicted as green or red clad with pointy ears and pointy hats. Santa's elves are often said to make the toys in Santa's workshop and take care of his reindeer, among other tasks.
The Yule Log
Yuletide Traditions
Dec 23
Yule or Yuletide ("Yule time") is a festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples, a period of feasting, drinking, and sacrifice. The traditions of the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar (Sonargöltr) are still reflected in the Christmas ham, Yule singing, and other traditions from the ancient Yule customs.
We Three Kings
Christmas Eve
Dec 24
The tartan is inspired by the spirit of Christmas. Colours: green represents Frankincense; red represents Myrrh and yellow represents gold, the colour of kingship. Gold, frankincense and myrrh are the gifts given to the Baby Jesus by the three Kings in the nativity story, each symbolic of Jesus' life and death.