Victorian Christmas Articles, Crafts, Poetry and Tales
The Snow Ball
The Snow Ball is taken from a Victorian Christmas story book, “Here And There And Everywhere“, published in 1895. The woodcut that illustrates this short little observation can be used as free clip art. I cleaned it up as best I could, but the quality wasn’t so great to begin with (cheap printing on aged [...]
Little May’s Christmas Morning
An eccentric old woman who lives with chickens and a thoughtful little girl are the subject of this story from the Victorian Christmas book “Here and There and Everywhere: Illustrated Stories and Poems for Little Folks” published in 1895. I’ve restored both illustrations from the story — charming Victorian woodcuts both — that you may use as royalty-free clip art. Breakfast [...]
Christmas Games for Kids to Play
This assortment of old-fashioned Christmas games comes from the antique book Games for Everybody by May C. Hofmann, 1905. The illustration is taken from Here and There and Everywhere, Illustrated Stories and Poems for Little Folks, W. B. Conkey Co., 1895. Unfortunately, I found the book incomplete; not only is the cover missing, but the section on [...]
Victorian Christmas Table Decoration
Period Victorian article on recommended decorations for the Christmas table.
Farmer John’s Christmas Box
H. S. Atwater, Aurthur’s Home Magazine, December 1883 It was the afternoon before Christmas Day, and honest John Grahame was packing up his butter tubs and the remnant of his Christmas marketing before returning to his expectant family far off in the quiet country. All the day long the great market-house had been full to [...]
The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg
A German Folk-Tale by J. Stirling Coyne, Adapted by Frances Jenkins Olcott Once, long ago, there lived near the ancient city of Strasburg, on the river Rhine, a young and handsome count, whose name was Otto. As the years flew by he remained unwed, and never so much as cast a glance at the fair [...]
