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Interesting Christmas Yorkshire Facts

Interesting Christmas Yorkshire factsIn recent years the Christmas tradition of hanging a ‘kissing bough’ at Clifford’s Tower in York continued. This is an evergreen globe decorated with mistletoe berries and any single woman standing under it can apparently be kissed by any man … but perhaps not a good idea this year!Many churches ring their bells on Christmas Day but at Dewsbury Minster they do things a bit differently. Starting at around 10.30pm on Christmas Eve, the bell-ringers toll a bell once for every year since Christ was born – this obviously takes a while to get through...