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Incidentally, at first, Victorian Christmas cards were not folded like modern versions; they were flat and the sender wrote a message on the reverse. It was not until the 1890s that the folded card became popular.
Michelle Higgs's guide to the weird and wonderful world of Victorian England
Saturday 13 December 2014
DAY 2: 12 DAYS OF VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARDS
Yesterday, I shared an image of a Victorian Christmas card featuring a scary-looking Father Christmas in a green cloak. Today, for day 2 of '12 Days of Victorian Christmas Cards', I'd like to show you a 'typical' design from the 1880s:
Here, we have a rosy-cheeked child dressed for winter weather, out in the snow. Christmas cards featuring children were commonplace in the 1880s, partly because children made up a good proportion of the target market. As mentioned yesterday, Victorian toy shops were one of the types of retail outlet which sold Christmas cards.
Incidentally, at first, Victorian Christmas cards were not folded like modern versions; they were flat and the sender wrote a message on the reverse. It was not until the 1890s that the folded card became popular.
Incidentally, at first, Victorian Christmas cards were not folded like modern versions; they were flat and the sender wrote a message on the reverse. It was not until the 1890s that the folded card became popular.
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