Christmas in Victorian England

Christmas in Victorian England: Decline

Christmas in Victorian England: Revival

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas dinner

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas Charity

Christmas in Victorian England: Protestants Embrace Christmas

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas Trees and Gifts

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas Carols

Christmas in Victorian England: Christmas Greetings and Entertainments

Christmas in Victorian England: Customs in Decline

Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire from 1837 to 1901. Although she played little part in it herself, she presided over the revival of English Christmas celebrations. At the turn of the nineteenth century many English Christmas customs had disappeared or were in decline. By the 1840s, however, the English had begun to revive the splendor of the CHRISTMAS SEASON. The Victorian Christmas mixed new customs, such as the CHRISTMAS TREE, with old ones, such as the singing of Christmas Carols. In this way the Victorians recreated the English Christmas as a festival of good will, charity, and domestic harmony.