Christmas Gifts and Ideas from the Days of Old
Are you dreaming of a beautiful old fashioned Christmas this year? Imagine the grace of a Victorian Christmas right in your own home. Simple decorations and old fashioned recipes can bring back that olde-tyme spirit.
Have yourself a very Victorian Christmas with the help of these decorations, recipes, videos, pictures, links to other great Victorian sites, Christmas gifts and more!
Victorian Christmas Books
Get more wonderful ideas for celebrating Christmas Victorian style by purchasing one of these fine books.
Victorian Christmas Recipes
Links to old time recipes for your Victorian Christmas feast.
- Victorian Christmas Recipes
- Food Timeline: Christmas food history & historic
Christmas menus - Christmas Plum Pudding Recipes
- A variety of plum pudding recipes from a Civil War era magazine.
- Victorian Via Von's ~ A Very Victorian Christmas!
- Victorian Via Von is complete with Victorian information, resources, recipes, and traditions. Stop by just to visit the Victorian Greeting Card Center or take a look at the designs offered for your Victorian website!
- Have Yourself a Victorian Christmas!
- Planning a Victorian Christmas is not only a memorable experience, it is lots of fun too. The key to the whole plan is to start the activities early!
- Victorian Christmas Cookery
- This book brings you authentic Victorian menus for holiday meals, as well as all the recipes you'll need to prepare those meals. All of the menus and recipes date from the late 1800s, and have been extensively researched and tested, and then adapted for the modern kitchen.Want a taste? Here's just o
Victorian Music Boxes
These music boxes also make wonderful gifts.
Helpful Link List
Links to some of the best Victorian Christmas sites on the web. Visit for more ideas and recipes.
- Victorian Christmas
- Welcome to a Victorian Christmas... decorate the tree... make the plum pudding... enter here to create the magic of a Victorian Christmas!
- A Victorian Christmas - Christmas is coming!
- The Victorians celebrated Christmas with characteristic enthusiasm and had deep respect for custom and tradition.
- A Victorian Christmas
- A Victorian Christmas
- Victorian Christmas
- Victorian Christmas CelebrationNo tour of this era would be complete without this celebration of Christmas, so my family and I would like to invite you to share this special time with us. Here you will learn about our traditions, the way we decorate, the foods we eat and more.
- A Victorian Christmas - christmas celebrations and traditions
- Victorian Christmas celebrations - article in history magazine
- A Victorian Christmas
- TeachersFirst's Victorian Christmas Content Information for Lesson Planning Celebrate
a Victorian Christmas- This site provides a wealth of information concerning 19th century holiday traditions. Learn about Victorian Christmas tree decorations, view holiday illustrations from the - Celebrate Victorian Christmas 2007 With Us
- It happens every year.An amazing group of dedicated parents, students, alumnae, and faculty/staff members come together to make Victorian Christmas happen.
Find Victorian Christmas Decorations at eBay
You won't believe all of the beautiful things that you can find at eBay.
Clicking a product link will bring you to the eBay site where you can bid and buy with confidence.
Clicking a product link will bring you to the eBay site where you can bid and buy with confidence.
Vintage Christmas Books from Amazon
These wonderful books are full of great ideas for having a good old-fashioned vintage Christmas.
Vintage Christmas Postcards
Send your loved ones a greeting from the past with a Vintage Christmas Postcard.
Christmas Ornaments on eBay
Victorian Christmas ornaments for you at prices you can afford!
Victorian Collectibles on eBay
Victorian Christmas Reader Feedback
What are your ideas for having a Victorian Christmas this year?
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Jul 5, 2011 @ 10:47 am | delete
- the victorian hand crocheted christmas ornaments are really wild and beautiful
wonderful job robin!
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Coe
Mar 10, 2011 @ 7:54 am | delete
- Very helpful to have all these resources on a Victorian Christmas. Thanks!
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Sylvestermouse
Nov 7, 2009 @ 9:06 pm | delete
- A lot of wonderful items featured here! I love the Victorian Rotating Christmas Tree at the top!
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JaguarJulie Dec 13, 2008 @ 9:20 am | delete
- I love all the Victorian Christmas ornaments -- they give a flavor to Christmas of days gone by. And, make great items to hand down to the next generation to carry on the holiday tradition.
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ElizabethJeanAllen
Dec 6, 2008 @ 8:49 pm | delete
- Beautiful lens.
Lizzy
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EverythingMouse Dec 6, 2008 @ 6:45 am | delete
- One of my interests is learning about history. I particularly enjoy reading about the Victorian era. The idea of the Victorian christmas is a wonderfully nostalgic one. Many of the British Christmas traditions have their origins in Victorian times.
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Nathanville Dec 4, 2007 @ 3:42 pm | delete
- Welcome to the Victorian Culture Group. 5* for a very festive and informative lens.
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