The Illustrated Victorian Christmas
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION
The Illustrated Victorian Christmas brings the magic of a 19th-Century Christmas to life through festive traditions, glowing trees, fireside gatherings, carols, feasts, gifts, decorations, and cherished holiday customs.
 
DETAILS
AUTHOR: Lochlainn Seabrook.
ILLUSTRATOR: Lochlainn Seabrook.
CONTENT: adult nonfiction.
SUBJECTS: Christmas, Victorian era, Victorian history, holidays, Christian holy days, Christmas traditions, old fashioned Christmas, illustrated Christmas, early European Christmas, early American Christmas, education, gifts, Christmas customs, Christian festivals, cultural history, illustrated coffee table book.
ILLUSTRATED: yes (color).
SIZE: 11” w x 8.5” h (landscape).
LENGTH: 148 pgs.
COVER: paperback/perfect bound/gloss finish; hardcover/case laminate/matte finish.
PUBLISHER: Sea Raven Press.
ISBN:  979-8-950389-18-4 (paperback).
ISBN:  979-8-950389-19-1 (hardcover).
 
FULL DESCRIPTION
Step into the warmth, wonder, and timeless magic of a Victorian Christmas.
 
Journey back to the 19th Century and experience Christmas as the Victorians knew it—glowing trees and crackling fires, candlelit churches and bustling holiday markets, Christmas carols and greeting cards, sumptuous feasts and family gatherings, beautifully wrapped gifts, winter sleigh rides, and cherished seasonal traditions.
 
In The Illustrated Victorian Christmas: A Visual Celebration of 19th-Century Traditions, Customs, and Holiday Life, author, artist, and historian Lochlainn Seabrook brings the Victorian Yuletide vividly to life through engaging historical profiles and original full-color artwork.
 
Explore the Christmas tree, decorations, cards and greetings, caroling, churchgoing, holiday foods and drinks, gift-giving, toys and games, Christmas books and ghost stories, seasonal entertainment, winter travel, New Year celebrations, and many other customs that filled the Victorian season with color, faith, family, merriment, and good cheer.
 
Richly illustrated and grounded in historical research, this beautiful volume also reveals how the Victorians revived, adapted, popularized, and passed down many beloved traditions still observed throughout the Western world today.
 
Designed as both an accessible history and a richly illustrated holiday volume, The Illustrated Victorian Christmas is ideal for Christmas lovers, history enthusiasts, Victorians and neo-Victorians, collectors of Victoriana, families, and anyone enchanted by the beauty and traditions of an old-fashioned Christmas. Its generous 17-point large-print text also provides comfortable reading for seniors and readers with limited vision.
 
Open these pages, step into Christmas past, and rediscover the beauty, charm, warmth, merriment, and festive splendor of a traditional Victorian holiday. Available in paperback and hardcover.
 
PUBLISHER’S REVIEW: “The Illustrated Victorian Christmas is a beautifully produced and richly illustrated celebration of Christmas in the 19th Century. Author, historian, and artist Lochlainn Seabrook combines engaging historical profiles with vivid original full-color artwork to explore Victorian holiday traditions, including Christmas trees, decorations, carols, cards, gifts, feasts, churchgoing, winter festivities, and New Year celebrations. Warm, informative, and visually captivating, the book reveals how the Victorians helped shape many customs still cherished today. Its generous 17-point large-print text makes it especially comfortable for seniors and readers with limited vision. An inviting holiday volume for Christmas lovers, history enthusiasts, families, collectors, and admirers of Victoriana and Victorian culture.” — SEA RAVEN PRESS
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR-ARTIST: American polymath Lochlainn Seabrook is a bestselling multi-genre author, award-winning historian, and acclaimed multidisciplinary artist whose work spans history, natural history, science, religion, the arts, philosophy, and the unknown. With more than 130 published books to his credit, he is known for his disciplined scholarship, clear prose, vibrant original artwork, and commitment to evidence-based inquiry. 
 
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