The illustration showed a group of people around a dinner table and a Christmas message. At one shilling ... small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian period, and remain in this form ...

In true Victorian fashion ... printed 100 festive cards featuring the message “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You” when he fell behind on his “Christmas letters.” ...

was another Victorian innovation that became a beloved tradition. As the concept of Christmas cards caught on, it allowed ...