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The First Christmas Card, 1843
The
Victorian Christmas Revival tells the story of the increasing importance
of Christmas from the 1840's onward.
Victorian Christmas
Scrapbook
Christmas
in Victorian England is a nice quick summary.
An excellent
history of the Christmas Tree from The
Christmas Archives, by Countess Maria Hubert von Staufer
History of the Christmas
Tree and Decorations, C. Miles 1913, also History
of Christmas and New Year's Presents
Music
Sandys' Christmas
Carols Ancient and Modern 1833 is available online.
The well-done A Victorian
Carol Book is in the public domain and is available on our website.
Music of Historic America has a Victorian
Christmas Collection
Cards
Christmas cards were invented in England in 1843 and first made their appearance
in America in 1875.
The History
of Christmas Cards site includes an extensive private collection of cards.
The ECG Museum of
Greeting Cards has another great collection.
Santa
For the History of Santa Claus, see Here.
The first Thomas Nast illustration of Santa is from the cover
of Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1863, entitled 'Santa in Camp'.
The Christmas Image courtesy of the
Santalady