Soon every home in Britain had a tree bedecked with candles ... but it's during the Victorian period that the dinner we now associate with Christmas began to take shape. Examination of early ...

Candles adorned trees ... A festive new development in the Victorian era, the first Christmas card was created in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole. According to Ritz Malliett, these early Christmas cards ...

He decorated the tree with candles, fruits ... Also during the Victorian Era, the introduction of Christmas cards by Sir Henry Cole in 1843, followed by the popularity of crackers invented ...