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.

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 ...

Christmas cards were also a product of the Victorian era, with civil servant Sir Henry Cole having introduced the world’s first commercial card in 1843. But while we might be more used to seeing ...

Christmas cards and crackers are also Victorian inventions which the royals evangelized. In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, printed 100 festive cards fe ...

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 ...

Victorian-era Christmas toys are sought-after collectibles. During the period, hundreds of different family card and board games were manufactured and sold. Game of the Visit of Santa Claus by ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Next Tuesday, Willard Public Library is inviting the community to come out and celebrate Christmas as it was experienced in the late 1800s. Organizers say the Victorian ...