Claim your FREE Sixpence! This day marks the start of the period of Advent that ends on Christmas Eve. Though many say that Christmas pudding was introduced by Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort, others speculate that it was actually George I of Germany who brought it back in 1714. One week before Advent, we celebrate Stir-up Sunday. },100); Stir-up Sunday 2020. by Michael Ford — last modified. It is traditionally the time to get the Christmas pudding (a fruit cake – see collect) made, allowing plenty of time for the flavours to develop before it’s enjoyed on Christmas Day. Traditionally, Stir-Up Sunday families stirred the pudding from east to west, to honor the wise men who journeyed in this direction to meet the baby Jesus. The tradition of Stir up Sunday dates back to the Victorian era when families would get together in the kitchen on the last Sunday before the season of Advent. Stir Up Sunday History. 20 Nov, 2020 10:41 PM. Stir-Up Sunday has been around for ages. Sunday 21st November 2021 - bookings now open! I am also thrilled to be able to share The Royal Mint’s recipe for a traditional Christmas Pudding, which you can all make on Stir-Up Sunday this year, which falls on Sunday the 22nd of November, 2015. If the pudding is dry or lumpy, add wine or fruit juice. The “stir up” comes from the first words of the traditional Collect at Mass of the Last Sunday of the Year. Stir up Sunday. While Christmas can be formal and stuffy, gathering in a kitchen to make a pudding certainly isn’t! js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; Stir Up Sunday always falls on the last Sunday before advent. Traditionally, family members would stir pudding and make wishes for the new year on this day. The Christmas pudding was a staple of the Victorian era. Find out the history and background to National UTI Awareness Day. if(window.fbl_started) Each member of the family would take a turn to give all the ingredients a good mix and help tick off the first task of the festive season. Time to make your Christmas puddings! Over the next two hundred years, frumenty morphed into more of a plum pudding. Prepare for Christmas in the traditional way by making your Christmas pudding, cake, or mincemeat before the start of Advent and allowing flavours to mature. }; var fbl_interval = window.setInterval(function(){ version : 'v6.0' } );