1860s christmas

Can you believe that it’s already that time of the year? When the city is all lit up with fairy lights, the air filled with the smell of mince pies and drinking mulled wine on the roof of a car park is no only acceptable but cool. Allow us to take you back in time, to the birth of some of our best loved Christmas traditions.

Victorian Christmas Decorations are great way to decorate the Victorian style homes with fireplace and classic furniture. In the Victorian era, Christmas trees would be brought from hillsides and mountains several days before the Christmas eve.

by Paul R. Spitzzeri As the last post in this series noted, the use of Christmas trees in America was just starting to take root (!) in the late 1840s and early 1850s and the first appearance of a …

During the Civil War, Christmas became a season of longing for soldiers and their loved ones waiting at home.

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A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with ...

Shopping for Christmas presents in the Victorian era could be quite tricky, especially if one was a lady choosing a gift for a gentleman.

This is interesting if you get a good look at it. From the Dec. 22, 1860 edition of Harper's Weekly, this is entitled "Dreams & Reality...

It's hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the 19th century Christmas was hardly celebrated. Many businesses did not even consider it a holiday. However by the end of the century it had become the biggest annual celebration and took on the form that we recognize today. The transformation happened quickly, and came from all sectors of society. Many attribute the change to Queen Victoria, and it was her marriage to the German-born Prince Albert that introduced some of the most prominent…

It's hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the 19th century Christmas was hardly celebrated. Many businesses did not even consider it a holiday. However by the end of the century it had become the biggest annual celebration and took on the form that we recognize today. The transformation happened quickly, and came from all sectors of society. Many attribute the change to Queen Victoria, and it was her marriage to the German-born Prince Albert that introduced some of the most prominent…