![]() ![]() 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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