An 1848 etching featuring Queen Victoria and Prince Albert decorating an evergreen tree influenced how people decorate for the holidays Queen Victoria has an evergreen connection to the Christmas ...

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...

In December 1848 ... decorated fir tree at Windsor Castle. This German tradition had been introduced to the royal household by Prince Albert, the beloved consort of Queen Victoria, who was ...

Many attribute the change to Queen Victoria ... In 1848 the Illustrated London News published a drawing of the royal family celebrating around a decorated Christmas tree, a tradition that was ...

This tradition of bringing a tree into the home for Christmas is a very old one. It started in the UK in the late eighteenth century and became popular during the reign of Queen Victoria.