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QUEENS CHRISTMAS
According to “A New Approach to Christmas Greetings” by Vi Ann Oden (Anvipa Press), poor children were frequently the subject of Christmas cards during the second half of the Victorian era.
But by 1926, according to an American card expert, cards did not “even intimate the idea that unhappiness exists. They would fall quickly by the wayside, for everyone is intent on scattering sunshine and joy.”
Many, early Victorian cards were enhanced with satin and fringed silk borders. Fan shapes were popular—as were embossed, stand-up and jeweled cards. Some made squeaking noises.
Victorians continued to handmake their greetings until
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