Christmas Tree Queen Victoria

However the honour of establishing this tradition in the united kingdom rightfully belongs to good queen charlotte the german wife of george iii who set up the first known english tree at queen s lodge windsor in december 1800.

Christmas tree queen victoria. The custom had been introduced to the english court by her hanoverian ancestors and was continued by her german mother. The crackers invented by tom smith a london sweet maker in 1846. A christmas tree for german soldiers in a temporary hospital in 1871 prince albert queen victoria s consort is usually credited with having introduced the christmas tree into england in 1840.

From saturday 26 november visitors to the castle will see how the queen and prince albert celebrated christmas at windsor with their young family. As a result the popularity of christmas trees. However these christmas traditions only date back to the 1840s and are actually german in origin.

The tree queen victoria s german husband prince albert helped to make the christmas tree as popular in britain as they where in his native germany when he brought one to windsor castle in the 1840 s. Queen victoria s christmas at windsor castle. In 1846 queen victoria and her german husband albert were sketched in the illustrated london news standing with their children around a christmas tree at windsor castle.

The state dining room and octagon dining room will be transformed with displays of victorian festive dining and a reconstruction of victoria and albert s christmas gift tables. This christmas most families in the uk will buy a christmas tree and send cards to friends. The first christmas tree was introduced into england in the early 19th century.

In 1841 the german prince albert husband of queen victoria decorated a large christmas tree at windsor castle reminiscent of his childhood celebrations in germany the christmas tree had been a deep rooted german tradition since the 18th century. However it was the queen s husband prince albert who truly relished this ritual. In 1846 queen victoria and prince albert who was german were pictured in the london news standing with their children around a christmas tree.