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The hustle-bustle of the holi-1 day season is not to be found in
.artment stores alone, mother center of much activity at Christmastime is the kitchen, where, for days before the holiday, the smell of cakes baking and meats roasting announce the arrival of the season to discerning noses. The tradition of feasting at Christmas is as old as the holiday itself, and each culture has its peculiarities when it comes to holiday menus.
A popular custom
Perhaps one of the most peculiar of holiday foods is the boar's head, a long-standing culinary tradition among the British. While a feast featuring boar's head has become less common in England in the past decades, this centuries-old custom is still practiced with great ritual among traditionalists.
Some say the custom goes back to pre-Christian days when the Druids killed a boar and ofstice. Others trace the boar’s head ceremony to Viking days, when at the season of Yu-ul the
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