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7 Hats of Christmas: Day 7

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Here we are, on Day 7, our final post of the series. This design is so much fun. It has it all, and oh so Christmas-sy.

Absolutely everyone adores this hat. No doubt about it — Vivian has outdone herself. She named the hat Noelle. Here it is!

Created in 2013, Noelle is the most popular Hattingdon Christmas hat of all time.

This hat would do very well for Boxing Day too. What is Boxing Day?

Rounded Open Quote in Gray

“Boxing Day is held every December 26th in many countries associated with the British empire,” states the BBC. “The name comes from a time when the rich used to box up gifts to give to the poor. Boxing Day was traditionally a day off for servants — a day when they received a special Christmas box from their masters. The servants would also go home on Boxing Day to give Christmas boxes to their families.”

From all of us to all of you, we wish you a very, merry Christmas. With love, Team Hattingdon.

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7 Hats of Christmas: Day 5

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A trio of plum puddings. Featured image, Plum Pudding.

The name “Christmas pudding” is first recorded in 1858 in a novel by Anthony Trollope.

Christmas pudding (or plum pudding) is sweet dried-fruit pudding traditionally served as part of Christmas dinner in Britain and other countries to which the tradition has been exported. Therefore this includes United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, and the Caribbean.

Hattingdon Plum Pudding Christmas hat.
Plum Pudding Hat

What is a Plum Pudding?

Plum pudding is usually made up of nutmeg, raisins, nuts, apples, cinnamon, and dates, along with other ingredients.  In England, traditionally every person in the home holds onto the wooden spoon together to help stir the batter. While they are stirring, they also make a wish!  

Plum pudding is also called plum duff.

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7 Hats of Christmas Day 3

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Hattingdon looks absolutely stunning in a gorgeous green and black fashion hat decorated with two very charming poinsettias. We named the hat “Chrissie”.

Chrissie Hattingdon Poinsettia Christmas hat.

Chrissie Hattingdon

This is a very, very popular hat. It may very well may turn out to be the fan favourite this Christmas. We will see. It is very pretty isn’t it?

Hope this finds you well, and Hattingdon’s Christmas toppers are bringing you “a hatful of smiles”.

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7 Hats of Christmas: Day 1

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Jingle Bells trio in white on golden background.

Hello and welcome! We have a lovely surprise for you, and so right for this festive season.

Starting today, Monday, December 19th, we are posting a Christmas hat every day, through Sunday December 25th. Seven straight days of charming, yuletide hats. Let’s get started.

To kick off the festivities we chose this golden classic hat embellished with a trio of jolly white jingle bells.

Gilda Classic Hat in gold featuring jingle bells.
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The Jingle Bell song

The song ‘Jingle Bells’ was written by James Lord Pierpont. His nephew is J.P. Morgan. Yes, that J.P. Morgan.

Originally named “One Horse Open Sleigh” when written in 1857, Pierpont later copyrighted it as “Jingle Bells, or the One Horse Open Sleigh.”

‘Jingle Bells’ was not meant to be a Christmas song. The song was actually first performed at a Thanksgiving church service and was never intended to be a Christmas staple.

Read the lyrics, and you will notice there is actually no mention of Christmas, Thanksgiving, or any holiday for that matter.

The song became associated with Christmas only decades after it was performed on September 15, 1857, on Washington Street in Boston, according to a researcher at Boston University, Kyna Hamill.

» Source: CNN

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