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.

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 ...

Here are a few Victorian paper crafts to try this Christmas, from greetings cards to decorations and games. No one’s 20s and 30s look the same. You might be saving for a mortgage or just ...

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.

Invented by Henry Cole, founder of the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the museum that would become the V&A, Christmas cards have been commercially available since 1843.