The commercialisation of Christmas ... cracker: a simple package filled with sweets that snapped when pulled apart. The sweets were replaced by small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian ...
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Queen Victoria Shaped Christmas as We Know ItAnother festive favorite that originated in the Victorian era is the Christmas cracker. Created by confectioner Tom Smith in ...
The company still exists today, and supplies crackers for the royal family each Christmas. 2. Victorian Christmas cards were the stuff of nightmares Christmas cards were invented by Henry Cole in ...
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How Queen Victoria Invented Christmas As We Know ItChristmas cards and crackers are also Victorian inventions which the royals evangelized. In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, printed 100 festive cards fe ...
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