The illustration showed a group of people around a dinner table and a Christmas ... but it's during the Victorian period that the dinner we now associate with Christmas began to take shape.

Here's how to wrap the era's rich, opulent designs into your own Christmas decor and ... to dress up holiday spaces from dining tables to guest rooms. The Victorian era also had a major and ...

Victorians were very particular about their settings for dinner tables, especially at Christmas time ... why not make some Victorian-style table mats to brighten up your dinner setting?

Will traditional Christmas pudding have a place on your festive dinner table? Let us know in our ... shed light on the Victorian origins of the Stir-up Sunday custom, remarking: "Stir-up Sunday ...