Entertainment

Your never fully dressed without a smile game.

 * ====== One person has to be it in there group. The person that is it in the group has to do anything to make another person smile. Whoever does'nt smile in the group is declered the winner. ======

Blind man's bluff game

 * One person needs to be blind folded. The other people need to scatter around the room. The person with the blind fold need's to tag someone and guess who it is. If they guess right that person is it, but if there wrong they keep trying to tag someone.

Snip ,Snap Dragon

 * a game where you put plums in a hot pot or bowl and try to get them out without it catching on fire.

Speaking Buff

 * a game where there is a person with their eyes close then another person says something and the person with their eyes closed has to guess who said it.

Lookabout

 * a game that is very similar to “Hucle buckle bean stalk”. One person hides something while the others are out of the room the last one to find it losses.

TRADITIONS
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 * They decorated Christmas trees with handmade ornaments.[[image:dominion_victorian_christmas_no_box_P0000013397S0003T2.jpg width="353" height="234" align="right" caption="Christmas Carolers"]]
 * ====== They made Christmas crackers ======
 * ====== They made Christmas Cards for their family and friends. ======
 * ====== Children wrote letters to Santa Clause telling him what they wanted. ======
 * ====== People would go caroling and may have been welcomed into someone’s house for tea. ======
 * ====== They exchanged presents. ======
 * ====== For Christmas dinner they ate plum pudding and turkey. ======
 * ====== After they would play a game called “snip snap dragon” and “speaking buff” and “charades” and lookabout. ======
 * ====== The day after Christmas was Boxing Day, the day where the Victorians gave to the poor. ======
 * ====== They threw Christmas parties for their children. ======
 * ====== They decorated their houses with flowers, pinecones, berries, popcorn, paper chain, and mistletoe. ======
 * ====== They decorated with holly because they think it is magical because of its shiny leaves and because it is able to grow fruit in the winter they would put it over someone’s bed to induce good dreams. ======

FOOD

 * The rich people ate turkey limes and lobster ravioli with voodoo chicken salad.
 * They poor ate gruel, bread, butter, apples, onions, and cheese.
 * The rich also ate turkey, a lot of meat, cheese, and bread.
 * They had nine course meals.
 * They ate a large breakfast a small lunch and a late dinner.

RECIPIES
Voodoo Chicken salad Salad: Dressing:
 * 2 halves grilled chicken breasts
 * 2 tablespoons of Feta cheese
 * Salt, pepper, and paprika
 * 2 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
 * 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lime juice
 * 2 tablespoons of chili paste
 * 1 tablespoon of crushed red pepper
 * 1/3 cup of mayonnoise
 * 3/4 cups of sesame or extra virgin olive oil
 * 1/2 cup of white wine vinegar
 * 1/4 cup of soy sauce
 * 3/4 cups of sugar
 * 2 tablespoons of peeled garlic
 * 2 tablespoons of peeled ginger

PASTIMES

 * At parties they put on their own performances. They played charades, danced, played games, used fireworks, magic lantern shows, played the piano and sang songs at parties.They played charades, danced, played games, used fireworks, magic lantern shows, played the piano and sang songs at parties.
 * They read a lot especially the middle class.
 * The circulating library provided the Victorians with a wide variety of books they could read if they could afford the charges they had to pay.
 * During the Victorian period a lot of great writers produced many great works we are still studying today.
 * They liked to play different instruments.
 * Most towns, cities, and villages had a glee club, village band, music society, or choir.[[image:135288.jpg width="376" height="347" align="right" caption="Backgammon Table"]]
 * Women wishing to find a husband were taught to play the piano.
 * Americans began to influence Victorian music and girls were taught to play the banjo.
 * They played chess and checkers called backgammon or tables.
 * Dancing was closely associated with musical ability.
 * The queen of England gave dance concerts at Buckingham palace and Windsor castle.
 * In 1840 the prince upgraded the queen’s private band into a good string orchestra.
 * They danced the polka at home, in assembly rooms, in taverns, on the village green, Vauxhall, Cremorne Gardens, and the Royal Residence were a very popular place to dance.
 * The Victorians loved to dance.
 * Johann Strauss brought the new Viennese Waltz to England.
 * In 1840 everyone began to do the polka.
 * The Victorians also loved to go to the theatre.
 * Princess Ida was a very popular play during this era.
 * They went to Fairs and Circuses.
 * Victorians loved to read especially the Middle Class
 * They would go to the circulating library.

SPORTS

 * Women were limited to only a few sports. But later they played the same sports as men.
 * Some of the most popular sports were:

Croquet and Lawn Tennis

 * Was introduced to England about 1856.
 * Was mostly a women's game.
 * It was avalible to the middle class sicne it required little equiptment.

Bicycling

 * Was created in 1881.
 * People thought it was to dangeous for women.
 * Some women rode tricycles.
 * The Michaux club provided lessons for women.

Horseback Riding

 * Mostly Avalible to the wealthy.
 * This sport was also thought to be dangerous for women.[[image:swimpad500.jpg align="right" caption="Women's Swimsuits"]]
 * It provided exersize.

Water Activities

 * Rowing and conoeing was a popular pastime.
 * Women had to wear a skirt the barley touched the ground, a flannel shirt, a sailors hat, glovesto protect their hands, and stout boots.
 * Competitive rowing was popular for men but for women it was for pleasure and exersize.
 * The womens bathing suit was so heavy until the twentyeth century when women experienced real swimming.

Roller Skating

 * Introduced in 1863
 * The rinks were made of hard maple in the 1870s.
 * Men, women, and children can compete in races.
 * Ice skating became popular in the 1890s.

FAIRS AND CIRCUSES

 * They were all over brittan.
 * The Elephant Man was a very popular attraction.
 * The Victorians loved seeing all the acts like jugglers,fat men and women,clowns and animals.
 * Shows qualities and physical power but some can be dangerous.

HISTORY OF VICTORIAN ENTERTAINMENT

 * The Victorian’s had social classes.
 * They enjoyed literature, music, opera, and theatre like many eras.
 * Men entered dinning clubs.
 * Another way of entertainment was trying to communicate with the dead.
 * Band concerts or competition was popular.
 * People started using trains to visit a place.

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