How the Victorians celebrated Christmas. Before Victorian England Christmas was a holiday not...
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How the Victorians celebrated Christmas VICTORIAN ERA
How the Victorians celebrated Christmas. Before Victorian England Christmas was a holiday not celebrated by many. They did not have Christmas tree’s at
Before Victorian England Christmas was a holiday not celebrated
by many. They did not have Christmas trees at all. When Queen
Victoria came into power and married prince Albert from Germany the
Christmas tree became very popular. Prince Albert got the idea from
his childhood memory's. In the London news that year was a picture
of the family with there Christmas tree. The first artificial
Christmas tree was made out of feathers. To decorate their tree
they put burning candles and popcorn or nut garland. HOW CHRISTMAS
STARTED
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Their Christmas cards were very much like ours today but in
their era Santa looked a little different, lets just say he was
skinnier. The Christmas cards back then cost half a cent. CHRISTMAS
CARDS
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As you see in the picture queen Victoria hang her tree from the
ceiling. For her Christmas she had 4 tables that had a tree on it
and all the presents. You can go to Windsor castle and see her
Christmas on display. She actually exchanged presents on Christmas
eve. A person who visited the castle said the room was lit up with
Christmas trees hanging from the ceiling with bonbons and Wax
colored lights and artificial snow! QUEEN VICTORIA'S CHRISTMAS