An American married to a British man has introduced her family to a classic British Christmas tradition we don't have in the US – and their reactions have left people in stitches ...

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 ...

Christmas cards and crackers are also Victorian inventions which the royals evangelized. In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, the first director of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, printed 100 festive ...

"We're looking at traditions we have nowadays that really date back to Victorian times - traditions like the Christmas tree, Christmas crackers and things like that. "We've had lots of positive ...

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 ...

you might think Christmas crackers sound like something that belongs on a cheese board, but they're actually another UK holiday tradition. Crackers, which also date back to Victorian times ...

From presents to puddings and crackers to cards ... explore the Victorian House at the museum and learn about key Victorian Christmas traditions and inventions. Jon Brennan, Head of Education ...