Excerpt from “An Unexpected Merry Gentleman”

 

Happy Holidays, Janeites!

‘Tis the season of plum pudding, wassail and mince pies (Or in my case, Grape leaves, Eggnog Bundt cake and Peanut butter-peanut butter cup cookies).  We all have those traditions which dictate our events for Christmas—baking Christmas Cookies, making tamales or even pulling taffy. The holidays wouldn’t be the same without love wrapped up in the memories of our traditions.

 

In Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” one assumed tradition in the Bennet household is that...