As we approach Christmas, we at The Archive were curious to uncover Christmas recipes from the past through our newspaper collection. Would we find them to be similar to our usual Christmas feasting fare? Or would the festive food of days gone by have fallen out of favour? Well, we’ve sourced 22 delicious and unusual Christmas recipes from our newspapers to help us answer these questions. From herring pies to plum puddings, from orange cakes to mince pies, we will …