1900s christmas decor

Victorian Christmas. (Probably late 1800s, maybe early 1900s)

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 →

These are what Victorians greeting their Christmas in the past. A family’s Christmas, 1897 the Night Before Christmas, 1898 A ...

Many people know the feeling of sitting by a warm fire (or furnace) sipping on cocoa while watching “The Christmas Carol” while the parents fight over how many strands of lights to wrap…

Then 1845 Historic Elgin/Cottrell House, aka, My Old Historic House. My Niece Linda adds a bow to the white pine garland that we made. We gathered the pine and I gave the girls a lesson in garland making. We used no electric lights in our decorations. I'm hoping to take you on a trip back in time, when Christmas was a rather new word. A time when the world was a much simpler place. A time when Children couldn't sleep at night, waiting for a simple treat, like an orange or a stick or two of…

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‘Many housewives object to Christmas decorations, fearing that the furniture and paper may become scratched and spoiled. The decorators should bear this fear in mind, for beauty at Christmas will not pay for ugliness all the year round. Holly, the very prettiest and most Christmas-like of all adornments, does undoubtedly scratch and tear; it is … Continue reading Victorian Christmas Decorations →