The BBC published an article about Victorian Christmas cards yesterday, tracing their history from the strange to the downright disturbing. In some, children languish in boiling teapots. Dead ...

Sending those images of the deceased beasts was actually intended to bestow good fortune. Those more unusual Victorian Christmas cards may be off-putting today, but they capture a snapshot of history.

Find the round robin email soulless? Take a trip back to the 19th century, when beautiful cards like these were how people sent their Christmas greetings.

Christmas cards today show snowy scenes, Santa Claus or Christmas trees. But Christmas cards back in Victorian times were very different, with lucky horseshoes, dancing dice and exotic parrots.

The first Christmas card was designed in 1843. It was a simple illustration with a seasonal greeting. The first cards were expensive, but by the late Victorian period Christmas cards became more ...

THIS creepy collection of Victorian Christmas cards proves that the festive season wasn't always about a red-cheeked Father Christmas, mulled wine and turkey. From a murderous snowman to Santas ...

Merry Christmas, everybody! For those who find themselves more attracted than repulsed by these images, Meier helpfully points readers toward some good sources for creepy Victorian Christmas cards.

One of the more curious recurring images on 19th-century Christmas cards is the dead bird, which may symbolize mortality, or something more ritualistic.

Kittens, suffragettes and goblins - these were the among of stars of Christmas cards sent more than a century ago in Victorian London. One card from 1890 promotes tea drinking instead of the ...

While Christmas trees have a long and storied tradition in Germany, it wasn't until the Victorian era that they made their way to England, and subsequently the U.S. The trend really kicked off ...