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What are some typical Victorian Christmas games?

What sort of games are played during Christmas parties in Victorian England? I can't seem to find information on this online.

This is a very interesting question -- had to reflect on this for a few minutes. But... success! I am reminded that the center for Victorian entertaining was the Parlor (room in the house for socializing with guests.) Parlor games were very popular, and this website lists many that were played during the holidays!

http://www.victoriaspast.com/ParlorGames/parlor_games.htm

Enjoy!

2008-10-10 04:54:30 by SuddenlySexy | Posted in Christmas

where can i get a Victorian Christmas dessert recipe?

i am doing it for a project and i want a dessert recipe and not that hard but not that easy. whatever you can come up with will be fine :)

This are a couple of neat sites to go for Victorian recipes and other Victorian Christmas information.
The second link has a recipe for sugam plums and even gives a menu for a Victorian dinner. Enjoy and Have a Good Christmas :)
http://www.biblicalquality.com/Christmas7.html

2007-12-05 17:14:41 by melina☮ | Posted in Cooking & Recipes

where can i find victorian style christmas balls.?

those styrofoam ones with angel pictures on or christmas scenes on. i would like to know what stores sell them (maryland harford county)

You should be able to get them at an antique store. Or try your local thrift stores. Kohl,Pier One, maybe even wal- or K mart. Good luck.

2006-12-02 11:26:06 by stratospherelight | Posted in Decorating & Remodeling

For school we need to make Victorian Christmas invitations?

Yeah we are reading Charles Dickens, and are making like a Victorian party thing. And I need to do inviations. So I need information about Victorian invitations. (ex: where they hand made or printed..)
Can anyone give me any ideas, or websites?
Thanks in advance. =)

http://www.victorian-cards.com/

http://www.biblicalquality.com/Christmas6.html

http://www.kirkpatrickcards.co.uk/

Not a direct answer but these sites might help you out a little bit. Merry Christmas!

2007-12-13 16:36:58 by Claire | Posted in Christmas

Why are people nostalgic for a Victorian London Christmas?

The world was in a mini ice age before they even discovered carbon emissions, poverty and disease was rampant.

2008-12-15 15:33:28 by Chairman Meow | Posted in Christmas

I need some good ideas on how to decorate my victorian home for Christmas.?

I have a grand 2 story victorian home with two wrap around porches. It has two balconies and and 7 fireplaces. It was built around 1890 just to give you an idea of what it is. I need some really unique and inexpensive ideas on how to decorate it inside and out. Oh and I live in the south so not alot of snow. They shut down the whole town for an inch. LOL Anyway thanks for any help.

Lol, understand the snow issue, I'm in Texas! Your home sounds just amazing, congratulations!

Here is probably the best Victorian website on the internet, it takes a little bit of neogotiating, but you should be able to get lots of ideas from here. Also, keep in mind that decorating styles vary depending on what decade you're looking at. You said your house was built around 1890 so I tried to stay in that year.

http://www.victoriana.com/christmas/decorating1.html

http://www.victorian-ebooks.com/christmasornaments/

http://www.victoriana.com/christmas/all-links.htm

Here are some others I found.

http://gonewengland.about.com/od/winterinnewengland/a/aavictorianxmas.htm

http://www.missmary.com/gazette/1104-extra.html

http://19thcentury.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/victorian-christmas-44/

http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/vic-xmas.cfm

Good luck!

2008-11-03 12:55:57 by red | Posted in Decorating & Remodeling

I need some ideas for decorating my victorian home for Christmas.?

I have a grand two story victorian home built around 1890. It has two wrap around porches two balconies and seven fireplaces. Oh and it has a grand foyer and staircase. Just to give you an idea of the task I am tackling. Oh and I live in the south so not alot of snow. Anyway I need some unique and inexpensive ideas on how to decorate it. It must be tasteful as I live in the historic districs. Thanks yall for any help.

Pick a color scheme and wrap your porches with Christmas lights. Hang stockings over all of the fireplaces. Maybe each room could have a different color scheme or style. Maybe for one of the rooms with the fireplace you could decorate it with a white theme, like show. Put white lights in the window, white and silver garlands around, hang snowflake ornaments from the ceiling, put up snowflake stockings, etc. You could have one room be the candy room and hang candy canes everywhere, put up a gingerbread house, decorate a tree with candy and other sweets on it, etc. You could have one room be all red, one room be all green, one room be silver and gold, one room could be based off of Christmas movies and you could frame scenes from movies, get posters from movies, put up ornaments and knickknacks from the movies, etc. Get a bunch of Christmas ribbon and wrap doors up like a present. You could hang candy canes on door handles and from chandeliers You could wrap pictures hanging on your wall in wrapping paper so it's like you have presents on your wall. Get pretty candles and put them everywhere. You can put Christmas balls next to candles and on top of any surface. You could wrap your staircase with garland. You could have your favorite Christmas songs playing in the entry hall so it sets a nice atmosphere as soon as guests step foot in your house. Check out Martha Stewart's website and Better Homes and Gardens' website for good ideas and pretty pictures.

2008-11-03 13:02:40 by red | Posted in Christmas