It was the kind of joyful image you’d typically expect with a holiday greeting. Some kinds of Christmas card images were as popular in Victorian times as they are today—in addition to that ...

While the Christmas card may have seemed like an entirely new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card’s design was actually influenced by other, older British ...

A festive new development in the Victorian era, the first Christmas card was created in 1843 by ... The postcard-sized greeting said, “A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to You.” ...

The choreography of a Christmas card picture is an extended ... powered by the advent of cheap postage, and Victorian Londoners expected their season’s greetings to be answered.

Here are a few Victorian paper crafts to try this Christmas, from greetings cards to decorations and games. No one’s 20s and 30s look the same. You might be saving for a mortgage or just ...

"We're also having a go at writing with dip pens as well which Victorian people would have been using at school." Schoolchildren had the chance to write Christmas cards using traditional feather ...