[1stPickSites] (12/20/06) A Victorian Christmas
- From: "Christy" <snowy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:00:34 -0500
A Victorian Christmas
http://www.scrapalbum.com/vxhome.htm
Today's site, from collector of Victorian greeting cards Malcolm
Warrington, offers an engaging look at the world of the Victorian
Christmas
from the vantage point of the cards and decorations of the
period. Readers will find a soothing and nostalgic view of the
Yuletide season
at this charming site.
"The Victorians celebrated Christmas with characteristic
enthusiasm and had deep respect for custom and tradition. ...
Victorian greeting cards, scraps and ephemera are used to
recreate the ambience of a Victorian Christmas and New Year
season." - from the website
The site extols the holiday season with images of mid-nineteenth
century England's rosy-hued view of Christmas celebrations. With
brief articles
from newspapers of the period on such themes as seasonal
decorations, music, Christmas fare, and old Father Christmas
himself, the site conjures a vision of Yuletide beloved by many,
captured by the Victorian cards of the era. Included in the
presentation are notes on that very British holiday "Boxing Day",
as well as the tradition of the Christmas Pantomime.
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