The Twelfth Night of Christmas at Chiswick House

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Chiswick House is open this year for the Christmas season with a festive display of different rooms inside the house. The displays celebrate a Twelfth Night party hosted at the house during the Georgian period, and the rooms are decorated as the "Twelve Days of Christmas" song. The display was launched toward the end of November, where I went on a preview, and it finishes on January 4th.

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I went to check out the different rooms, which appeared to be decorated for Christmas parties during the Georgian period.

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One of the rooms held a giant multi-tiered cake. 

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There were different figures in Georgian period dress around the rooms, which appeared that they were part of the guest list for the party.

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Outside the house was a vendor selling hot drinks and gingerbread, and I enjoyed a gingerbread tree and hot chocolate to keep warm as the day I visited turned out to be very rainy.

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Visitors can explore the paintings and rooms in Chiswick House while viewing the rooms decorated for Christmas.

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