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A problem that was distressingly present in my in-print sources as well. If you search the Internet for the origin of the Christmas tree, you will find a vast array of answers, which are united only by their total lack of documentation. Okay, back to this Christmas special! A bonus episode not in any series, this is Two Queens and Your Christmas Tree. So please, if you can, click on that link and make my holiday season sparkle. And of course, at any level of support you get the satisfying knowledge that you, like powerful men and women before you, are supporting scholarship and the arts. So if you offer your support you can get a little art history, about the very oldest image of Mary that we know of.

Queen victoria's tree family series#

The one that is out there already is a timely one to go with Series 5, the Historical Mary.

Once I catch up with the 8 series I’ve done so far. Depending on your level of support, you get a shout-out on the show, access to polls on topics for the next season, and access to a bonus mini episode to go with each and every series. But now, if you click on the link in the show notes or on the website, you can buy me what could be your cheapest holiday gift of the season, and it comes with a return benefit for you. So it’s maybe not a surprise that I am almost two years into podcasting and have only just now caught up to the trendy Indy podcasters who have a Patreon account. I’ve never been on TikTok, and I still haven’t figured out skinny jeans. If you know me personally, you know that trendy is exactly what I am not.

Queen victoria's tree family full#

Full Transcriptīefore I get started on this Christmas special, I have an announcement. This bonus holiday episode will tell you about Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria, and their Christmas trees. And it might still be just a charming local custom, if not for two English queens who elevated it to a global phenomenon.

Someone else can have the pleasure of owning something that belonged to one of Britain’s most famous monarchs, and use them to decorate their tree.’ Charles Hanson, owner of Hanson's Auctioneers of Etwall, Derbyshire, said: 'For any Christmas traditionalist and royalist, this has to be the ultimate festive bauble.The Christmas tree began as a German tradition. On his decision to sell the decorations, he said: 'With Christmas fast approaching I decided it was time to let someone else enjoy these royal festive mementos. By that time, Queen Victoria was close to the end of her life,’ he added. She was fortunate enough to move in royal circles and would have been 16 in 1900. 'I imagine Miss Young would have been an awestruck teenager when she was given Queen Victoria’s Christmas tree decorations in the late 1800s. I even went to St Peter and St John the Baptist Church in Wivelsfield to look for Miss Young’s grave but only found her sister’s,’ Mr Hadden said. In tracing the origins of the trinkets, Hadden told The Telegraph, ‘My research took me to Miss Young’s former home, Skinners at Wivelsfield Green, an impressive large timber framed Grade II listed house. The sentimental ornaments will be available to the highest bidder