The Boar's Head Feast is probably the oldest continuing festival of the Christmas season.
History
This pageant is rooted in ancient times when the boar was sovereign of the forest. A ferocious beast, and menace to humans, it was hunted as a public enemy. At Roman feasts, boar was the first dish served. Roasted boar was a staple of medieval banquets. As Christian beliefs overtook pagan customs in Europe, the presentation of a boar's head at Christmas came to symbolize the triumph of the Christ Child over sin.
Queen's College
The festival we know today originated at Queen's College, Oxford, England. Legend has it that a scholar was studying a book of Aristotle while walking through the forest on his way to Midnight Mass. Suddenly, he was confronted by an angry wild boar. Having no other weapon, the resourceful Oxonian rammed his metal-bound philosophy book down the throat of the charging animal, whereupon the brute choked to death. That night the boar's head, finely dressed and garnished, was borne in procession to the dining room, accompanied by carolers singing "in honor of the King of bliss."
The boar's head in hand bear I Bedecked with bay and rosemary; So I pray you my masters be merry, Quot estis in convivio. [So many as are in the feast] Chorus: Caput apri defero, [I bring the boar's head] Reddens laudes Domino [Giving praises to God] The boar's head as I understand Is the rarest dish in all the land, Which thus bedecked with a gay garland, Let us servire cantico. [serve with a song] Chorus Our steward hath provided this In honour of the King of bliss, Which on this day to be served is In Reginensis atrio. [In the Queen's hall]
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During the Middle Ages, the pickled boar’s head is believed to have been one of the most popular meat dishes served during BritishChristmas dinners, according to a BBC 2021 report, “How the turkey conquered Christmas.”.
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The sideboard included a baron of beef (sirloins joined at the backbone) and a wild boar's head, a gift from the Emperor of GermanyWilhelm II, the eldest of Victoria's 42 grandchildren ... head consomm�.
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