Victorian recipe books came out with Christmas menus for family dinners.) ii. Santa Claus really came into his own during this period, as artist Thomas Nast popularized the familiar image of the ...

Roasted boar's head tops of the Christmas table in this Victorian illustration The 21st century Christmas meal may feel like a belly-bursting, calorie-laden, artery-furring feast but in the eyes ...

Businesses and restaurants also are encouraged to decorate their storefronts and offer special Victorian menus. Koss said those attending “Dickens of a Christmas” will experience a hometown ...

The 21st century Christmas meal may feel like a belly-bursting, calorie-laden, artery-furring feast but in the eyes of Jacobean and Victorian high society it would have been viewed as a mere side ...