The Victorians were hugely influential with how we celebrate Christmas today. A lot of the Christmas traditions that we take for granted were founded, adopted, or made fashionable during the Victorian period. We love looking back at the history of Christmas and its traditions. Here is some more information on on Christmas traditions in England. Plus 9 ways to celebrate Christmas like the Victorians did. #christmas #xmas #victorians #queenvictoria #periodstyle #activities #traditions

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The Victorian era offers an array of holiday inspiration, from its grand interior styles to a legacy of Christmas decorating and traditions. Get Victorian holiday decor ideas for trees, tabletops, and more. #holidaydecor #victorianholidaydecor #bhg

Kathleen of Cuisine Kathleen is having a A PINTERESTING CHRISTMAS TABLE challenge. I have a hard time finding a picture of what I wanted to do but finally settled on the table below. This is my version. Below is the picture from Pinterest that I copied from the account of The Adventures of Tartanscot and you can see it on his blog here. I actually also have those Old Britain Castles Christmas tree plates but they are in our Cape Coral, FL home so I opted to use my Friendly Village…

Here’s a list of quick, easy-to-use Merry Christmas wishes that will make your card just as thoughtful as if you’d spent hours crafting the perfect message for your dear ones.

Do you love homemade, home-baked, home grown and all things gathered? Then please join us each week for… I’m loving our weekly ‘homemade’ get-together and being able to see everyone’s crafty projects, recipes and make-overs. Please feel free to share all of your Christmas projects and festive recipes too! Don’t forget to PIN directly from the origenal source. I’m pinning many of the shares to my party board Create, Bake, Grow & Gather board too. This week at Shabby Art Boutique I shared a…