Hertfordshire
Small pyramids, says Fosbroke (Encyclopædia of Antiquities, 1840, p. 661), formed of gilt evergreens, apples, and nuts, are carried about at this time in Hertfordshire for presents.
Isle of Man
Formerly, it was customary for the people to go to the mountains to catch deer and sheep for Christmas, and in the evening always to kindle a large fire on the top of every fingan or cliff. Hence, at the time of casting peats, every one laid aside a large one, saying: “Faaid mooar moayney son oie’l fingan,” that is, “A large turf for Fingan’s Eve.”—Train, History of Isle of Man, 1845, vol. ii. p. 124; Cregeen’s Manks Dictionary, p. 67.