By the 1880s the sending of cards had become hugely popular ... While Charles Dickens did not invent the Victorian Christmas, his book A Christmas Carol is credited with helping to popularise ...

Also during the Victorian Era, the introduction of Christmas cards by Sir Henry Cole in 1843, followed by the popularity of crackers invented by Tom Smith in the 1840s, and the revival of carol ...

2. Victorian Christmas cards were the stuff of nightmares Christmas cards were invented by Henry Cole in 1843, and by the end of the century everyone was sending them. But the festive ...