Describes Christmas in the Bronte household through the eyes of their father and Aunt Branwell, the glittering social whirl of balls, charades and other festive entertainments observed by the Bronte sisters at their various teaching posts, and the accounts of Christmas from their novels and poignant memoirs. AUTHOR: The late Maria Hubert (1945-2007) was a cofounder of The Christmas Archives with her husband Andrew. She combined a love of history, folk custom, literature and research with knowledge of Latin, Greek, Spanish and Catalan learned in convents in the UK and Spain. A well-qualified cook, a great deal of her love for Christmas was born of her Yorkshire Christmas food customs. She was a frequent guest on radio and television in the UK, gaining extra fame in Japan with the launch of a Christmas museum in Hokkaido.
