Role Of Christmas In Victorian Era

Christmas is the biggest festival in Britain. Once the festival lasted two days, today it seems to last nearly two months. December 25th, is the day when most people in Britain trim their home, put up a tree, exchange presents make gift cards, crackers and sit down to a special meal of roast turkey around round table and Christmas pudding. In the weeks before Christmas, life is very stirring. Not only homes are colorful and full of happiness but also streets in Britain .Most towns, villages, and cities are decorated with Christmas lights and glows. Often a famous person switches them on. In the UK the most famous Christmas lights are on Oxford Street in London. Every year they get bigger and radiant. It can seem impossible to you but at the beginning of 19th century, no one paid attention to Christmas. And what's more, Christmas wasn't considered to be a holiday and people even didn't have day offs. Victorian Era brought a new breath by the end of the century and Christmas had become the

The first step was Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve the last of the relatives arrived for the holidays. Not only family members but aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and also distant relatives because it was a holiday donated to one of the most important aspects of Victorian times the family. In the afternoon, an expected occasion, the doors of the hall opened and the children finally could see Christmas tree covered with lights. Next step is Christmas day. Christmas day starts with a Christmas Liturgy. Then after a quick visit to shops to pick the goose or other meat, a fuss of cooking began. Joys continued with visits to friends. Boxing Day is the first weekday after Christmas and it is devoted to charity. Gifts of money were put up in small boxes which were to be given to the servants and shared to the needy in the district. Wealthy classes of Victorian society saw charity as a duty which must be