| Event type: | Meeting |
| Date: | 12th December 2023 |
| Time: | 2:00 pm |
| Venue: | Carterton Community Centre |
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Guest Speaker: Tim Healey
Topic: A Victorian Christmas
- At the beginning of the Victorian era Christmas was hardly celebrated at all in Britain. However, by the end of the period, it was considered to be the biggest and most important annual celebration in the Victorian calendar.
- The Victorians started (or at least made popular) many of the Christmas activities we do today.
- Many people think that Prince Albert (Queen Victoria’s husband) was responsible for shaping how Christmas was celebrated by British Victorian families. He was born in Germany. In Germany evergreen trees were traditionally brought into the home at Christmas time and decorated (with candles, sweets and fruit). In 1848 the royal family were pictured celebrating Christmas around such a decorated tree, and the fashion for Christmas trees spread very quickly from this point on.
