Merrie Olde After All?

England

Maybe being a serf or a villein in the Middle Ages was not such a grim existence as it seems.

Medieval England was not only far more prosperous than previously believed, it also actually boasted an average income that would be more than double the average per capita income of the world's poorest nations today, according to new research.

A little music.

A yule log.

And maybe a boar. But surely some warm drink.