Season’s Creepings! A Brief Discussion of Victorian-Era Holiday Cards

The Victorian Variety Show

Victorian-Era holiday cards featured a variety of memorable themes, many of which we might consider dark and disturbing today. However, as I explain in this episode, the tone of these cards becomes more understandable when you consider the fact that Christmas cards were a new concept at the time and the social context in which many Victorians lived. ***** References Alvar, Oliver G. “The Crazy Reason Why There Are Dead Birds On Victorian Christmas Cards.” https://culturacolectiva.com/design/victorian-christmas-cards-weird-dead-birds Baghsaw, Marcus. “Origins of the Victorian Christmas card.” https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discover/2018/11/23/origins-of-the-victorian-christmas-card/#! Bar, Sarune. “57 Victorian Christmas Cards That Are As Creepy As Those Times Themselves.” https://www.boredpanda.com/creepy-victorian-vintage-christmas-cards/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic Kruse, Colton. “The History of Creepy Victorian Christmas Cards.” https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/creepy-victorian-christmas-cards/ Ponti, Crystal. “Some of the Earliest Christmas Cards Were Morbid and Creepy.” https://www.history.com/news/victorian-christmas-cards Sayers, Karen A. “The changing styles of Christmas cards: from the Victorian age to the early 20th century.” https://leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/the-changing-styles-of-christmas-cards-from-the-victorian-age-to-the-early-20th-century/ Victorian Era. “Victorian Christmas Cards – Wishing Christmas In Its Original Way.” http://victorian-era.org/victorian-christmas-cards-wishing-christmas-original-way.html ***** Email: [e-mail] Twitter: https://twitter.com/victorianvarie1 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate this podcast on Spotify, or leave a review on Apple Podcasts, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marisa-d96/message