1800s Christmas tree

How did the Christmas tree become so popular in many homes around the world? How did the customs of decorating and putting presents under it originate? Why an evergreen tree? Was it simply a pagan practice associated with pagan holidays adopted into Christianity?

Amazing room! Great Early American Colonial design, paired with a country primitive Christmas Tree with popcorn garland, handmade folk ornaments and candles. Beautiful wall stencils and a roaring fireplace creates a cozy interior.

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Learn how to create a Victorian Christmas with traditional decorations, foods, and activities. Transform your home into a holiday wonderland from the 1800s.

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The ‘door was thrown open leading into the great exhibition-room. Here was a magnificent Christmas-tree hung all over with colored wax tapers; here were tables covered with white cloths, and glittering from head to foot with the most bewitching doll-babies, work-boxes, card-cases, silk dresses, rattles, penny whistles, shawls, sashes, drawing-implements, and I don’t know what … Continue reading The Victorian Christmas Tree →

Purchased ornaments were expensive and often available only in large cities, so homemade treats and toys were customary tree decorations in the mid-1800s. Tabletop trees were the norm until the Victorian era.

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