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 ...

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, ...

Museum curator Kay Rich talks about various Victorian Era Christmas traditions, including trimming the tree, during Overland Trail Museum's History Café program Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.

Christmas cards originated in the 1840s, following the success of Valentines, which had initiated the commercial manufacture of seasonal cards. By the end of the century, Christmas cards had become an ...

Schoolchildren had the chance to write Christmas cards using traditional feather quills and ink. Credit: ITV Channel Year 2 children from Janvrin school also got the chance to explore the ...

The custom of sending and receiving Christmas cards originated in the UK. In 1843, senior civil servant Sir Henry Cole helped set up the Public Record Office, now known as the Post Office.