The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 15 - Hidden Coins in Pudding

0:00 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to the Strange History Podcast and day fifteen of our Victorian Christmas countdown the twenty five Strangest Days of Christmas. Victorian Christmas pudding wasn't just dessert, it was prophecy. Coins, buttons, and charms were hidden inside the pudding batter. Whoever found them received a coin fortune, a ring marriage soon, a button staying single, a thimble industrious year ahead, a literal game of edible destiny. However, here was always a very real risk of choking, cracked molars, and one memorable headline from eighteen seventy four, local Reverend Swallows Shilling declares himself blessed once recovered.

0:46 Speaker 1: The Victorians accepted risk the way we accept shipping delays annoying but simply part of the season.

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1:10 Speaker 1: Tomorrow we meet the professional carollers and learn what happens when you don't pay them.