Christmas Puddings have been a festive staple in many households across the UK for hundreds of years. Thought to date back to the Medieval period, the humble Christmas pudding during this era was a heavy dish, packed with suet, grains, vegetables and meat. It wasn’t until the Victorian era until it became the sweet dessert we eat today. Queen Victoria, as with many of our beloved Christmas traditions, is thought to have introduced the sweet version of the Christmas Pudding to the UK. It is now traditionally packed with raisins, currants, sultanas and mixed peel mixed with rum or brandy or a mixture of the two spirits.