‘Victorian Christmas Articles, Crafts, Poetry and Tales’ Archives
The Distribution of Christmas Gifts
It undoubtedly adds to the pleasure of Christmas present-giving, and especially if there be young folks in the household, to adopt some original mode of presenting the gifts. The following suggestions as to the distribution of Christmas gifts might also be useful in connection with Sunday school or church Christmas festivals, when novelty in [...]
Christmas Hymn
Hail, hail the happy morn, When Christ our Lord was born Sound, sound His praise! The Prince of Righteousness, He came our world to bless, The glorious hymn of "peace" On earth to raise. Angels the song began, And then to ransomed man The strain was given: Hark! joining sweet and mild The voice of little child, Blessed by his Saviour [...]
Plum Pudding and Other Receipts for Christmas
From Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, December 1859. Old English Christmas Plum Pudding — To make what is termed a pound pudding, take raisins well stoned, currants thoroughly washed, one pound each; chop a pound of suet very finely and mix with them; add a quarter of a pound of flour, or bread very finely crumbled, three ounces of sugar, [...]
Christmas Tide
Arthur’s Home Magazine, 1868 The long, cold evenings of winter, and the time for merry in-door sports, has come again. The young people can no longer have the croquet out of doors, the little ones can no longer frolic on the pavement or lawn. About this time there begin to be very mysterious looks, and head-shakings, and incomprehensible [...]
Christmas with the Fairies
T. F. Thiselton Dyer for The Girl’s Own Paper 1882 From all accounts Christmas seems to have been, from time immemorial, an important season with the elfin race, and many curious accounts of the festive merry doings of these fabled people in years gone by have been handed down to us. According to one popular notion, however mischievous and [...]
How to Trim Christmas Trees
This Victorian era article was originally published in The Cottage Hearth, December 1876 The popular custom of preparing Christmas trees for the delight and amusement of young and old, increases yearly; and the question, “How shall I trim one?” is often asked. In the Country Gentlemen, “Daisy Eyebright” tells how to do this. I shall try [...]
