But if you received a Christmas card in the late 19th century, there’s a good chance you’d find yourself looking at an image of a dead bird. According to Hallmark, about 1.3 billion Christmas ...

The development, and ultimate triumph, of the Christmas card in Victorian Britain demonstrates how nostalgia was channeled into invention.

During that time, Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, the Christmas tree was popularized, and the Christmas card was created. For authentic Victorian decorating ideas, we reached out to ...

While the Christmas card may have seemed like an entirely new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card’s design was actually influenced by other, older British ...

Museum curator Kay Rich showed several unusual Victorian Christmas cards during Overland Trail Museum's History Café program Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Callie Jones/Sterling Journal-Advocate) ...

A family of formally dressed robins take a stroll on a wintry Christmas morning on this circa-1870 Victorian Christmas card. Hulton Archive/Getty Images . Christmas cards and crackers are also ...

The designer of the first mass-produced Christmas card sent it to 1,000 people, including his grandmother. It featured a drawing of a family toasting the cardholder below a utilitarian “TO ...

Through the end of the month, the museum’s Emmerson Room will be decked out with Christmas toys, cards, decorations and more from the Victorian era (1837-1901).

"Little Women: A Victorian Christmas Card" runs through December 22nd at Good Company Player's Second Space Theatre. You can purchase tickets in advance here. Report a correction or typo.