Handmade for the Holidays – Outlander Kitchen’s 2nd Annual Christmas Wish List
Catholic as many of them were — and nominally christian as they all were – Highland Scots regarded Christmas primarily as a religious observance, rather than a major festive occasion. Lacking priest or minister, the day was spent much like a Sunday, though with a particularly lavish meal to mark the occasion, and the exchange of small gifts. My own gift from Jamie had been the wooden ladle I was presently using, its handle carved with the image of a mint leaf; I had given him a new shirt with a ruffle at the throat for ceremonial occasions, his old one having worn quite away at the seams.
Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (Chapter 34 – Charms)
picture from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
