Wythenshawe Christmas. / myLot

Ireland

December 13, 2025 4:12pm CST

We took our granddaughter to Wythenshawe Hall today for a Victorian Christmassy thing - I hated it but everyone else enjoyed it so I just shut up and smiled. I just want to strangle people who dress up as elves and assume everyone loves it. The building is rather special, an indication of how well-to-do Manchester was in the 1800s, with so many lordly manors replete with follies and dovecotes. It was a freezing cold day, but I found a hot radiator to sit on that no-one else seemed to know about, then off I went to visit my wine guy to procure some bottles of Armenian wine to take round to our daughter’s house.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (232954)

• Walnut Creek, California

What are these? "follies and dovecotes"

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14097)

• Ireland

@thehorse These are what the rich used to indicate that they had money to burn while their servants ran about barefoot back in the day.

Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (166734)

• United States

I do not mind real people dressed up as much as I mind animatronic devices that move, play carols and other wise frolic. I would have found the radiator as well.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (107994)

• United States

It sounds like a charming place to be.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (91759)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

Or in other words Christmas in a simpler time to be enjoyed without technology,

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LooeyVille

@LooeyVille (44)

• United States

Have fun with your family