Products in the “Christmas Card Packs” Category
A Medieval Hereford Christmas
Pack of 5 christmas cards.
Hereford Cathedral, St Thomas Cantilupe enters the Cathedral Christmas day 1276.
It is Christmas Day 1276. Thomas Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford enters his cathedral in state. Residents of the city look on and children play games in the winter weather. Even the cathedral cat comes out into the cold to join in the festivities.
A few years later Thomas Cantilupe's tomb in the cathedral became a great draw to pilgrims and many miracles of healing occurred there. He was made a saint in 1320.
Dick Whittington
Pack of 5 christmas cards.
Born in 1357 in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, the Dick Whittington of pantomime fame was a real historical character who became one of the greatest cloth merchants in medieval England. Here he leaves from the wonderful carved Norman doorway of Pauntley Church and sets out for London where he was appointed four times as Lord Mayor in 1397, 1398, 1407 and 1420. Martlets from the Royal Coat of Arms fly out to meet him and lead the way to London.
Good King Wenceslas Looked Out
Pack of 10 Christmas cards and envelopes.
The historical Wenceslas of the popular carol was a Christian prince and martyr born in Bohemia in about 907AD. The words of the carol were written by John M.Neale (1818-1866) and first appeared in Carols for Christmastide in 1853. The tune (Tempus Adest Floridum) is a thirteenth century Swedish carol first published in Sweden in 1582
I Saw Three Ships
Pack of 5 christmas cards.
Eton College 'Wetbobs' sailing into Bethlehem.
I’m dreaming of a Green Christmas
Pack of 5 christmas cards.
Green Man dreams of quieter times and greener Christmases.
Kings at the Lychgate
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Norwich Shepherds
Pack of 10 Christmas cards and envelopes.
Inspired by the late fifteenth century pictorial roof bosses in Norwich Cathedral, one shepherd plays on his pipe whilst another points heavenwards to the stars.
Each Christmas card pack contains 10 cards (5" x 7") and envelopes.
Oh Apple Tree, We Wassail Thee
Pack of 10 Christmas cards and envelopes.
Two musicians and two Morris men go apple tree wassailing. Wassailing is an ancient custom associated with Christmas and the New Year that dates back to at least the 1400s.
Peace On Earth
Pack of 10 christmas cards.
Angels proclaim the Christmas Message
Shepherds at the Wells
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Ten Lords A Leaping
Pack of 5 christmas cards.
Eton Boys going 'Pop'.
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