In Tudor and Stuart times, gifts were given at New Year rather than at Christmas.
Here is a musical New Year's Gift. It's an anonymous 17th Century dance of that name from Thomas Middleton's Inner Temple Masque, or Masque of Heroes, 1619.
From BL Add. 10444
Alison Kinder: bass viol
Tamsin Lewis: violin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpY3yW1X4eQ&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Some lesser known #17thCentury #coronation #music...
The #CoronationDay
From The #Dancing Master, Henry #Playford, 1698
Written for the coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II in 1689
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol

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27 December is the #3rdDayofChristmas, and #StJohn'sDay, so here is a #17thCentury #ballad #Carol for St John's Day - mostly about #mincepies...
From New Carrolls for this Merry Time of #Christmas, 1661

Michael Palmer: #tenor
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ALxKasHSt4&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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