In June – a traditional month for marriage celebrations – the Tri-Cities Historical Museum (TCHM) is partnering with the ...

The town itself is essentially one magnificent antique—a perfectly preserved slice of 19th-century Americana that makes you half-expect to see horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping down Parkway Avenue.

The Victorian era may be heavily represented in pop culture, through stately period dramas, rollicking novels, and gritty television series, but it's also one of the most misunderstood periods in ...

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 festive season in Victorian-era Saskatchewan may have looked different from the ... so we really have him to thank for that.” The practice of sending Christmas cards also began during this time, ...

The use of these cheaper cards began to spread in the 1850s and had established itself as a holiday tradition by the final decades of the century. A Victorian invention? While the Christmas card may ...

Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol. In that year, the inventor and civil servant Henry Cole ...

A Christmas ... referenced in Victorian literature. It made a lively addition to any soup or gravy. Beeton, despite authoring one of the most prolific cookbooks of the Victorian era, compiled ...

A Christmas Carol by Charles ... it was frequently referenced in Victorian literature. It made a lively addition to any soup or gravy. Beeton, despite authoring one of the most prolific cookbooks of ...

An exhibit at the Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library shows visitors how Christmas was celebrated in the new old-fashioned way. The “A Very Victorian Christmas” exhibit provides a window into how ...

No era in history however, has influenced the way in which we celebrate Christmas, quite as much as the Victorians. From ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens The holidays – The wealth generated by ...

Here are a few Victorian paper crafts to try this Christmas, from greetings cards to decorations and games. Read more from Quarter Life: Christmas cards originated in the 1840s, following the success ...