Some kinds of Christmas card images were as popular in Victorian times as they are today ... but for people of that era, it was meant to signify a good luck ritual that was sometimes performed ...

But Christmas cards back in Victorian times were very different. There are no cards featuring Father Christmas, reindeer, snowmen, baubles or sleighs. Instead they depict lucky horseshoes ...

While Christmas trees have a long and storied tradition in Germany, it wasn't until the Victorian era that they made their ... the first commercial Christmas cards (seen here) in 1843.

A festive new development in the Victorian era, the first Christmas card was created in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole. According to Ritz Malliett, these early Christmas cards often featured flowers and ...

Card makers of the era drew from Christian and pagan images ... Meier helpfully points readers toward some good sources for creepy Victorian Christmas cards. The Twitter account @HorribleSanity ...

like the era's bizarre and sometimes downright morbid Christmas cards. While today's seasonal greetings generally feature winter scenes, holiday moments and religious tableaus, their Victorian and ...

Ironically, the beloved Christmas card tradition was actually the result of a modernizing world – though the cards sought to evoke a bygone era ... for most of the Victorian population.

the era and many of the traditions that define the holiday season today remain inextricably linked. The Christmas card, for example, was a Victorian creation, while the Christmas tree, a German ...