did he [William Winstanley] drum in the message that by the late 1680s Christmas had taken root again.
Holly and ivy were back. In Winstanley's ideal Christmas, there had to be roaring log fires in every room and an 'especially jolly blaze' in the hall.
"Good, nappy [nut-brown] ale" was to be on tap, and the sideboards should groan with "chines of beef, turkeys, geese, ducks and capons", then "minc'd pies, plumb-puddings and frumenty [a sweet milky porridge seasoned with cinnamon]".
from Daily Mail: William Winstanley: The man who saved Christmas from Cromwell's misery
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