Victorian Christmas Articles, Crafts, Poetry and Tales
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 [...]
In Toy Land: Glimpses of a Great Industry
By Sheila, Published in Young England, an Illustrated Magazine for Boys , 1897 ne has to go very far back in the world’s history to arrive at the time when there were absolutely no toys. Indeed, one may feel tolerably certain that as soon as the children arrived, toys—rough, rude things, no doubt, but still [...]
My Cousin, The Ghost
My Cousin, The Ghost, or, Something Like a Christmas-Box, by Alfred Paxton, appeared in The Boy’s Own Paper, Saturday, January 6th, 1883. Tell you a good ghost story? Very well. I’ll tell you of somthing that happened to me when I was a boy. and you can believe it or not just as you like. [...]
Victorian Christmas Candies
From the December 1898 issue of The People’s Home Journal Peanut Candy One cupful molasses, two cupfuls sugar, one tablespoonful vinegar, one tablespoonful butter, and one teaspoonful vanilla. Boil ten minutes, or longer, if necessary, then pour over one cupful peanuts. Peppermint Two cupfuls granulated sugar, six tablespoonfuls boiling water. Boil three minutes, take off [...]
