Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 11th December 2024

Time: 7.30pm (doors open at 6.45pm)

Venue: Lecture Theatre B.H05LT on the ground floor of the Humanities Building at the University of Bristol,7 Woodland Road Clifton BS8 ITB

Description: This lecture looks at the origins of many of the aspects of Christmas we will all recognise including Father Christmas and how this link to pre-Christian traditions

How to book: Please contact Mary Feerick Secretary maryfeerick58@gmail.com or 0117 9442898 for further details or use our website https://bristolha.wordpress.com

Price: Annual branch membership is £15. All lectures are free to National HA members as well as University of Bristol staff & all students. Guests pay £3 on the door for a single lecture.

Tel: 0117 9442896

Email: Maryfeerick58@gmail.com

Website: https://bristolha.wordpress.com/

Organiser: Mary Feerick

Lecturer: Professor Ronald Hutton University of Bristol, MA (Cantab), DPhil (Oxon), FRHistS, FSA, FLSW, FBA

Comments: This fascinating lecture is a very dramatic re-examination of popular Christmas traditions. We hope to serve some refreshments to compliment the lecture

Region: South-West England

Branch: Bristol