I’m from Dorset but only a couple of miles from the Somerset border. I’ve never heard of this before.
Dorset here. Never heard of it before
Stop talking shit Alexa
This is full bollocks.
Why is the brain wearing glasses?
That makes no sense.
Everything about this confuses and angers me.
Dorset with family in Somerset – Alexas taking shit, sorry.
I’m from Somerset, absolute load of bollocks
Never heard of it! I’ve lived in Somerset over 20 years and I have friends who have family going back generations in the same village and they’ve never heard of it either!
Born and bred in Somerset, never heard of it
It was not but it will be from next year.
I do the washing up every day dressed as a giant turkey, doesn’t everyone?
Fake, there’s no mention of inbreeding for Somerset
(Joke – we love Somerset, Gloucester however)
Dorset here. Never heard of it.
Spent Christmas in Somerset, but live in London (sorry) and I can tell you I have never heard of this. However, the family I was with is certainly upper crust, so they may be an anomaly.
Lived in dorset my whole life and think Alexa is talking shit, although Somerset is abit weird sometimes so who knows.
Nah but I’d win
My in-laws are all from Somerset and I have never remotely heard of this.
I’ve lived in Somerset/Dorset for close to 30 years now, and I’ve never come across this. Maybe it’s a Frome thing?
Similar happens in Devon but they take turns stuffing the turkey.
Traditionally the grandad holds a sprout back.
As far as I know, it’s complete bollocks.
It would be more believable if it was just doing the washing up, but I’m not sure how readily available turkey costumes were in the 60s.
Tis bollocks, it largely died out in the 90s but some of the villages near Chard still do it but with parsnips. It’s not something they’re proud of so don’t really talk about it.
Next up from Alexa cow tipping
Someone asked chat GPT to come up with stupid things that they could see the British doing and put them on a website somewhere, surely? We’re not that weird…are we?
Lived in Somerset most my life and this is the first I’m hearing of this tradition.
This has been floating around for a few years but born and raised in Somerset and I’ve never heard of it.
I live in Somerset and I’ve never heard of this! Rubbish.
It’s like how a lot of people here seem to have been convinced by fact pages or whatever that Americans have a widespread tradition of hunting for a pickle on the Christmas tree. It seems like it’s a thing in *some* areas–mainly the northern central region known as the midwest–but my daughter’s school Christmas assembly about Christmas traditions around the world had the Alabama section entirely centered around it, of all places. I’d already seen some discussion about similar mix ups online, so my American husband’s confused face was a delight. 😁
For their part, the Americans who do take part in it think that it’s a German tradition. Equally, it is absolutely not.
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I’m from Dorset but only a couple of miles from the Somerset border. I’ve never heard of this before.
Dorset here. Never heard of it before
Stop talking shit Alexa
This is full bollocks.
Why is the brain wearing glasses?
That makes no sense.
Everything about this confuses and angers me.
Dorset with family in Somerset – Alexas taking shit, sorry.
I’m from Somerset, absolute load of bollocks
Never heard of it! I’ve lived in Somerset over 20 years and I have friends who have family going back generations in the same village and they’ve never heard of it either!
Born and bred in Somerset, never heard of it
It was not but it will be from next year.
I do the washing up every day dressed as a giant turkey, doesn’t everyone?
Fake, there’s no mention of inbreeding for Somerset
(Joke – we love Somerset, Gloucester however)
Dorset here. Never heard of it.
Spent Christmas in Somerset, but live in London (sorry) and I can tell you I have never heard of this. However, the family I was with is certainly upper crust, so they may be an anomaly.
Lived in dorset my whole life and think Alexa is talking shit, although Somerset is abit weird sometimes so who knows.
Nah but I’d win
My in-laws are all from Somerset and I have never remotely heard of this.
I’ve lived in Somerset/Dorset for close to 30 years now, and I’ve never come across this. Maybe it’s a Frome thing?
Similar happens in Devon but they take turns stuffing the turkey.
Traditionally the grandad holds a sprout back.
As far as I know, it’s complete bollocks.
It would be more believable if it was just doing the washing up, but I’m not sure how readily available turkey costumes were in the 60s.
Tis bollocks, it largely died out in the 90s but some of the villages near Chard still do it but with parsnips. It’s not something they’re proud of so don’t really talk about it.
Next up from Alexa cow tipping
Someone asked chat GPT to come up with stupid things that they could see the British doing and put them on a website somewhere, surely? We’re not that weird…are we?
Lived in Somerset most my life and this is the first I’m hearing of this tradition.
This has been floating around for a few years but born and raised in Somerset and I’ve never heard of it.
I live in Somerset and I’ve never heard of this! Rubbish.
I have never heard of anything like this. The only trace online is from this site https://www.tomango.co.uk/blog/105-fun-facts-about-christmas-to-impress-your-friends/#:~:text=In%20Somerset%20and%20parts%20of,dressed%20as%20a%20giant%20turkey.
Very much doubting the rest of them…
It’s like how a lot of people here seem to have been convinced by fact pages or whatever that Americans have a widespread tradition of hunting for a pickle on the Christmas tree. It seems like it’s a thing in *some* areas–mainly the northern central region known as the midwest–but my daughter’s school Christmas assembly about Christmas traditions around the world had the Alabama section entirely centered around it, of all places. I’d already seen some discussion about similar mix ups online, so my American husband’s confused face was a delight. 😁
For their part, the Americans who do take part in it think that it’s a German tradition. Equally, it is absolutely not.