Happy Christmas, Children! Who wants second degree burns?!
'Snap-Dragon' is the name of a pastime that delighted Victorian children on Christmas Eve. A shallow bowl was filled with brandy, raisins were tossed in, and the brandy set on fire. Players try to snatch the raisins from the flames and pop them, still blazing, into their mouthspic.twitter.com/en81T1wJJZ
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Those illustrations are sensational - the fire is low and blue, and it doesn't hurt you! It's hot, but not enough to burn during quick snatches. The excitement comes from mastering your fear of reaching into flames. :)
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Another weird English tradition...https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/940073535405400064 …
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Followed by the fun of opening a Christmas Cracker and donning a colorful paper crown!
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haha. my aunt started doing this a few years ago. so weird.
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We did this for many years on Christmas Eve at my cousin's house. His wife is half British, half Cuban.
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"Look on the branch above your head," said the Gnat, "and there you'll find a Snap-dragon-fly. Its body is made of plum-pudding, its wings of holly-leaves, and its head is a raisin burning in brandy." https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Snap-dragon-fly.jpg/350px-Snap-dragon-fly.jpg …
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beautiful timing ..well sent. ..!
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This was talked about in the Christmas scene in Pickwick Papers, a rather charming book I might add.
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I'm thinking about trying it if Christmas Eve isn't at extreme fire rating.
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Honestly it looks like they're on a ritual doing a sacrifice or something. Just having a laugh you know.
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Safe and fun for the whole family...
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Yeah... That seems like a really bad idea.
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That this innocent game is no longer permitted is just further damning proof of the Nanny State. Political Correctness gone mad, bring back National Service, etc, etc.
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Back when life was cheap.
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Brandy too. I can't imagine any of my Victorian forbears had the money to fill a bowl with brandy, let alone burn it!
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