Charming Christmas
Although Grasmere Gingerbread® is a devotee of Charles Dickens’ classic festive novel A Christmas Carol, this year we turned to Hard Times for seasonal inspiration as the great performative writer’s tenth novel shares a 170th anniversary with Grasmere Gingerbread®.
Published in 1854 - the same year that Victorian cook Sarah Nelson invented her delicious spicy-sweet cross between a biscuit and cake - Dickens used prose in Hard Times to decry 19th century industrialisation in much the same way that Grasmere’s William Wordsworth employed poetry to bemoan the ‘rash assault’ of the Kendal and Windermere Railway upon the Victorian era Lake District.
Fittingly, Hard Times’ championing of creativity, generosity and altruism not only reflects the tenets of Christmas but the personal qualities of Sarah Nelson who overcame great familial hardship to create her world-famous Grasmere Gingerbread®.
Brand new for 2024, our utterly delicious
Milk Chocolate Bar with Grasmere Gingerbread Crumbs® £6.95
The Gingerbread House Christmas Gift Tin £49.95
Throughout the year, we have joyously celebrated the remarkable 170th anniversary of her great invention with limited edition green and gold tins of Grasmere Gingerbread® and a host of new products. With more on the way at https://www.grasmeregingerbread.co.uk/products/grasmere-gingerbread-170th-anniversary
and in the festive spirit of giving, we are delighted to launch our Christmas collection for 2024.
Wherever you are in the world, have a happy and peaceful Christmas.
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