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A Victorian Christmas tree and elaborately decorated fireplace mantel.

How to Create an Old-World Victorian Christmas

Enchanted by an intoxicating sense of nostalgia and the colorful splendor that enveloped Christmases of yesteryear, Victoria magazine presents our favorite ideas for celebrating...
An image of grandeur in an open bedroom adorned with antiques, rugs, and tapestries, this tree is dotted with hundreds of glowing orbs in shades of gold, cherry red, and Granny Smith green.

10 Favorite Trees: A Victoria Christmas

Looking back over Victoria’s rich tradition of holiday radiance, we present ten of our favorite Christmas trees gleaned from the magazine’s pages. Prepare to...
Thanksgiving table setting

Harvest of Gold: Setting the Thanksgiving Table

Gilded treetops seem to have shaken their boughs, causing autumn’s burnished radiance to descend from above to illuminate each place at this Thanksgiving gathering...
Exterior of Choctaw Hall in Natchez

Discover the Collected Splendor Inside Choctaw Hall

Gracefully poised a short distance away from the banks of the Mississippi River and exuding a genteel Southern charm, one of Natchez’s historic landmarks...

A Home Beyond a Dream

When Bonnie McIlvaine moved from her native Pennsylvania to the sunny climes of California, she purchased a “little tumble-down concrete-block house” in the city...
Antique Christmas cards

Tidings on Display: Collecting Antique Christmas Cards

When season’s greetings arrive by post, one wonders if it is the mailbox’s favorite time of year, too. In celebration of Yuletide, we present...