Festivals+and+fairs

Festivals and Fairs By Rockelle These are some of the most common foods eaten at the Middle Age feasts. Above^

The Middle Ages were a time of hoildays, feasts, and celebration. They had many holidays that included feasts. They would all come together, bringing food, and celebrate. They would dance, sing, eat, and talk.

In Middle Ages, Christians celebrated Christmas. Christmas, if you don’t already know, is a Christian holiday. Christmas is 12 days long and was celebrated differently back then. Christmas was a series of days in which people became of higher standings. Also, the lower class people rebelled against the higher and more powerful people. This and other festivals showed a towns’ personality of identity. Why were these festivals and feasts important to a certain town? You ask. Well these festivals and such made towns come together to unite and be one with each other. These festivals could have gone on for days of only a few hours. Some of the festivals that were celebrated are: Ascension Day, Holy Week, Corpus Christi, Christmas, and the Feasts of Foods. These festivals were the only off day(s) of the year for working people. If it was a religious holiday, there would be special masses held by priests. Priests were almost the leaders of Holy events. These events were held in the center of town and sometimes in the area (only of the town had one). You may not think of it this way but, we got a lot of our holidays from these. We even have special church masses. Would you have thought of those holidays yourself? What do you think of them now? Bibliography Cosman, Madeleine Pelner. __Medieval Wordbook__. New York: Facts on File, 2001. __Medieval world.__ Vol. 3. Danbury, Conn: Grolier Educational, 2001.