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Enjoy Christmas with family or close friends in this historic old vicarage, beautifully decorated throughout for
Christmas and fully catered and hosted by the owners. It is most comfortable with a group of between 10 and
16 people for three days. You are completely in charge of your schedule; everything is
done to suit you. However most guests are happy to have a proposal as a starting point so here are suggestions
that have worked well in past years.
Christmas Eve Thursday, 24 December 2009
Arrive after lunch, settle in to your rooms and have afternoon
tea with freshly made scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam.
Evening champagne reception and canapes in the
drawing room with its 11-foot Christmas tree reaching to the high ceiling and decorated in pastels, silver and gold.
Proceed
to the dining room for a candlelight dinner with a fire in the fireplace
Spicy apple
soup
Christmas salad
with goat's cheese, pomegranate, orange supremes and caramalised orange vinaigrette
Hot poached
salmon served with herbed saffron rice and green beans
Individual Christmas
baked Alaskas
with Christmas pudding ice cream
A selection of English
cheeses and biscuits and damson cheese
Coffee and Mints
There is midnight mass in the parish church across the lane
for those who wish to attend, followed by hot wine and mince pices in front of a roaring log fire in the snug.
Christmas Day Friday, 25 December
Start the day with a champagne breakfast in the dining room with eggs Benedict or scrambled eggs and smoked salmon
Time to sit with family and friends and open presents around the tree in the drawing room.
You might like to attend
the morning church service or take a walk in the village
followed by pre-lunch drinks at the village pub.
The Christmas lunch menu will be similar to this:
Pumpkin soup
Local free range roast
turkey with stuffing and gravy
Brussels sprouts,
carrots with caramelised pecans, sweet potatoes in orange shells, roast potatoes and parsnips
Cranberry sauce,
cranberry and orange sauce
Traditional
Christmas pudding with brandy butter
Coffee and chololate
truffles
After lunch you can take a walk,watch The Queen’s Speech or snooze in front of the fire
In the evening enjoy a buffet supper with home-made specialities
from Judith’s larder.
Cold turkey
Cold ham baked in
cider
Crusty bread
Potato salad
Spiced peaches, spiced
pears
Chutneys
Root vegetable crisps
Fresh fruit bowl
Christmas cake
Boxing Day Saturday, 26 December
Start the day with a traditional full English breakfast.
Make your choice of activities for the
day, which can include:
a walk through surrounding villages and countryside
a clay pigeon shoot with tuition and
equipment provided,
a visit to Warwick Castle and its special winter carnival and ice skating
shopping at the sales
or many other possibilities.
Lunch to suit your choice of activity.
In the evening guests usually choose a murder mystery which can take place in the old boiler house and the food and
decorations will carry through your chosen theme. Past themes have included a 1929 cruise ship, an American wild West
saloon, a prohibition speakeasy. If you prefer, a disco or evening of games can be arranged.
Sunday, 27 December
Full English breakfast at your leisure and depart.
Phone or email us for prices and to discuss your requirements.
Read what others say about Christmas at The Old Vicarage
"When we came across the Old Vicarage, with its Christmas option, we knew we had found what we wanted. And they certainly
didn't disappoint. Priors Marston is hardly the center of Warwickshire night life (though Leamington and Warwick are perfectly
accessible and even London is only a couple of hours away). But we wanted a chance for the whole family to be together in
a home-like setting with great food and warm fires and a chance "catch up." And that is exactly what we got.
"Judith
and David do a wonderful job of knowing when to offer advice or suggestions and when to leave their guests to their own devices.
David's cooking is fabulous and relies on ingredients that they have gathered from all corners of the globe. (Every item seemed
to have a story to go with it.) The local countryside offers great walks; we went down to the canal and watched the narrow
boats passing throug the local lock. And a fire can always be counted on in the room that you quickly learn to refer to as
the "snug."
"We heartily recomend the Old Vicarage and especially the quite unique holiday package that made this Christmas
one to remember."
"Over
Christmas we travelled "across the pond" to spend time with Jen's family in England. As a change of pace, we stayed in this lovely old vicarage in the TINY village of Priors Marston in Warwickshire. Once we finally found it (we had begin to think
it was a magical village that only appeared once every hundred years out of the fog), we settled in nicely.
"We were treated as kings and queens! Three meals a day, home cooked, and we didn't have
to wash up afterwards :-) There was a lovely little room called "the snug" with a huge walk-in fireplace. And it was topped
off with David and Judith's sweet golden retriever, Poppy. We had the chance to enjoy a day at Warwick
Castle as well as some nice walks in the village. We had two Christmas
trees in the house, one in the formal living room, and one in the snug.
"A very nice tradition to have champagne before dinner on Christmas Eve. The men folk were
all nicely dressed up to have dinner before midnight mass at the
village church.
"During
Christmas Day lunch, we were all decked out in our cracker hats (In England, it is quite popular to have Christmas crackers. You pull on both ends and it makes a loud popping
sound. Inside, you get a bad joke, a gift, and a hat to wear), "
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