An Elizabethan Christmas - 27 December 2015 - 3 January 2016 Daily between 11:30 - 15:00Travel back to 1593. At this time of year Queen Elizabeth I's court would have glowed with festivities around a great big 'yule log'.Outlandish gifts presented to the ageing Queen exquisite music dancing stories and feasting lit up her palace. Join the pomp and ceremony in the Great Hall as the Queen receives gifts from her competitive courtiers.Come and share in the jollity as we lay on Elizabethan entertainment for all with soloists performing festive songs Elizabethan music and masque-like dancers around the palace.Down in the Tudor Kitchens you'll also find Elizabeth I's cooks preparing festive dishes fit for a Queen.There will also be festive decorations around the palace particularly in the cloisters.*Included in palace tickets.