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An extensive library of Victorian holiday entertaining, gift giving and decorating articles from over 100 years ago. Find plum pudding recipes, Victorian Christmas crafts, the history of the Christmas tree and Christmas cards. This is a great place to show today's children how Christmas used to be.

 
A Victorian Christmas
 

 

Victoriana Magazine December 2006
Holiday 2006

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  Victorian Christmas Crafts    

Decorate your Christmas tree with your own homemade Victorian ornaments and make 19th century Christmas gifts from original patterns taken from Victorian magazines.


Victorian Christmas Ornaments
Make your own authentic 19th century ornaments. Print the designs ... gather up your supplies ... Create some Christmas magic!

Extraordinary Holiday Wreath
Colonial Williamsburg’s natural holiday decorations are only limited to the imaginations of their designers.

Victorian Christmas Cards
Make your own Victorian holiday cards with free downloads.

Victorian Nursery
Download a free holiday craft.

Christmas Tree Decorations:  
Directions from a 1901 Victorian magazine to make 8 authentic Victorian Christmas ornaments.

Victorian Christmas Ornament- Free Craft
Download a free 1800s design for your own ornament.

 

Feather Christmas Trees
The first artificial Christmas trees were small tabletop trees made of goose feathers.

Dresden Star Heirloom Ornaments 
The story of a company dedicated to recreating the wonder of a Victorian Christmas.

Victorian Cut-Out Activity
This colorful
lithograph of boys' on a playground - print your own copy for a fun holiday activity. 

Dresden Star Ornaments
One-of-a-kind, handmade Victorian Christmas ornaments

Victoriana Magazine December 2007Christmas Putz
A miniature landscape arranged at the foot of the Christmas tree.

Chimney Ornaments 
Victorian Christmas ornaments from an 1864 magazine.

Santa Claus 
Follow the directions from an 1867 Harpers Bazaar to make a truly Victorian Santa Claus.
  

  
Victorian Santa
Famous illustration, "Caught", of a Victorian Santa by illustrator Thomas Nast. Print your own copy for a fun holiday activity.

Victorian Artificial Christmas Tree
 In 1868, Harper’s Bazar describes another style of artificial holiday tree that was made of “metal tubes, trunk, branches, and all in one..." 

Berlin Work Pattern, c1860
Needlework pattern to make a true Victorian gift.

Christmas Slipper, c1860
Needlework pattern for a fancy shoe for Christmas.

Christmas Card Box- Craft
Make your own Victorian Christmas card box.

The Christmas Purse, 1858  
Pattern for a Civil War era purse called a Christmas Purse. Perfect Christmas gift.

Kewpie Santa
 Advertisement for Kewpie's embroidery designs from the Royal Society of Kewpies. 

             

 

 

   

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