In the second session the focus switches to the presents underneath the Christmas tree and Victorian toys in particular. Warm up: skipping through the space. Travelling as sweets: contrasting ...

The sweets were replaced by small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian period, and remain in this form as an essential part of a modern Christmas. Decorating the home at Christmas also ...

Part of this includes opening presents on Christmas Eve, a tradition that ... by royal expert Robert Jobson to date back to the Victorian era, when it was instituted by Queen Victoria and her ...