Together with the introduction of the halfpenny postage rate, the Christmas card industry took ... were replaced by small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian period, and remain in this ...

The very first Christmas card, created in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole, was another Victorian innovation that ... the cracker is a ...

Victorian Christmas cards were the stuff of nightmares Christmas ... but weren’t wrapped in paper until the 1870s and 1880s. 4. Our Christmas tree tradition came from Germany Christmas trees ...

Christmas cards and crackers are also Victorian inventions which the royals ... the Christmas cracker; a twist of paper containing a tiny toy threaded with an explosive “snapper” that went ...