Overland Trail Museum closed out its holiday offerings Wednesday with its last History Café of 2022. This month’s program focused on Victorian Christmas traditions. “Victorian Christmas customs are so ...

A number of Victorian sources remark on this schoolboy tradition. Young scholars returning home after a long semester of study would fire peas out of their carriage at innocent passersby. The ...

The BBC published an article about Victorian Christmas cards yesterday, tracing their history from the strange to the downright disturbing. In some, children languish in boiling teapots. Dead birds ...

Victorian trade cards, dating from 1870 to 1890, offer a glimpse into the era's artistry and commercialism. These small, colorful illustrations were the precursors to modern business cards, used by ...

CEDAR FALLS — A stately Christmas tree graces the front parlor at the Victorian House Museum for the holidays. It glistens with pastel pink and blue glass ornaments, glittering decorations and candles ...

When Georgine Clarke, Kentuck Art Center founder, looked over Northport's wintry night streets and envisioned women in frocked gowns and bonnets strolling arm in arm with men in top hats and overcoats ...

Williamstown resident Linda Mason plays an organ during the annual holiday open house at the Henry Fearing House Museum Saturday. The organ was made by the Stevens Organ and Piano Co., which was ...

The historic Glenn House in Cape Girardeau has combined its elegant and restored architecture with ornate Christmas trees and festive red bows to welcome this year’s holiday-themed tours of the ...

SOMETHING SWEET AND SALTY: Delicious treats can be found throughout Downtown Thomasville during Victorian Christmas. THOMASVILLE- Enchanting, holiday-themed storefronts, magical, twinkling lights, and ...

Anaheim — In the heyday of Anaheim’s packing district, oranges were wrapped in tissue paper before going into the crate for shipping. “Before refrigerator cars, oranges were wrapped, and the reason ...

HAVERHILL — Handcrafting a Christmas tree ornament in class didn't seem like an exciting project to 12-year-old Jorge Alfonso. But once he got into it, things seemed a bit more fun than he'd ...