One of the most famous Victorian Christmas traditions that is now an indispensable part of Christmas is the custom of the Christmas tree. The concept of the Christmas tree was an old German tradition that the Victorians made their own and added their personalized touch with decorations and grandeur. This began around the 1840's by Queen Victoria and slowly made its way into the Victorian homes. The popularity of the Christmas tree grew in England and slowly took over all the world. The embellishments that we decorate our Christmas trees with today are a part of Victorian Christmas traditions. They used nuts, berries, marzipan candies, cookies, paper fans, dried fruits and all kinds of trinkets to adorn their trees.
Authors further popularized the concept of the Christmas tree with their writings like this one by Charles Dickens in the Household Word “ I have been looking at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree. |
Christmasand its traditions as we know today has evolved through the years. Thousands of years ago people used to celebrate many kinds of winter festivals these were known as pagan winter festivals. With the arrival of Christianity these started getting mixed up with Christmas celebrations. All this changed with the onset of the Victorians, no era has influenced 
