The specter of death, such scenes remind us, lay at the center of Victorian childhood. Victorian periodicals and personal writings remind us that death being common did not make it less tragic.

The second film offers strategies for adding depth to the developing drama, using as the context the history topic Victorian childhood, including children working in service in a Manor House.

In 1848 the Illustrated London News published a drawing of the royal family celebrating around a decorated Christmas tree, a tradition that was reminiscent of Prince Albert's childhood in Germany.