![]() The English cuisine is very different from American fare. The grounds of Abney Hall were a wonderland with gardens, a stream and waterfall, and all kinds of places to explore.Įver since I first watched Hercule Poirot’s Theft of the Royal Ruby based on the short story Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, I have wanted to do a traditional English Christmas dinner complete with paper crowns and a flaming Plum Pudding. The cousins would have a contest to see who could eat the most at Christmas dinner and they could have their fill of candied fruits and chocolates. The entire family would come together to celebrate. ![]() ![]() “The real old-fashioned type of Christmas…an English Christmas with all the family gathered round, the children and their stockings, the Christmas tree, the turkey and plum pudding, the crackers.”- The Adventure of the Christmas PuddingĪgatha Christie spent her Christmases as a child at Abney Hall, a picturesque, grand estate in the North of England. ![]()
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