Tagged: Christmas, Christmas Cards, Editor's Picks, holidays, Victorian Allison Meier Allison C. Meier is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic.

More Articles About The Victorian Era: Until the 1840s, sending cards of any form by post in Britain wasn’t ... This led to Victorian Christmas cards that appear more unsettling to the modern ...

The tradition of sending Christmas cards came together in the Victorian era, although — as cultural historian Ainsley Hawthorn writes — many of those early cards were strange and sometimes ...

The Victorians began our beloved Christmas traditions, the turkey, the Christmas Tree, mulled wine. Learn more about the history of Christmas and Victorians used to celebrate it ...

Christmas Cards. A festive new development in the Victorian era, the first Christmas card was created in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole. According to Ritz Malliett, ...

Today, Christmas cards have their own familiar, comforting iconography: Santa Claus, candy canes, snowmen, gingerbread houses, etc. But, back in the 19th century, people were still figuring this ...

The first Christmas card was designed in 1843. It was a simple illustration with a seasonal greeting. The first cards were expensive, but by the late Victorian period Christmas cards became more ...

The first Christmas card was designed in 1843. It was a simple illustration with a seasonal greeting. The first cards were expensive, but by the late Victorian period Christmas cards became more ...

While Christmas trees have a long and storied tradition in Germany, it wasn't until the Victorian era that they made their way to England, and subsequently the U.S.

Many of the Christmas traditions we enjoy today in America come from the period of Queen Victoria’s reign in the United Kingdom, known as the Victorian era. Overland Trail Museum Curator Kay ...