Weird Victorian Christmas Traditions & making Christmas cards

[@Ellen_Seokjin]

Right now, I was shocked when I saw that this channel has almost 1M subs. Congrats in advance Ruby!🤞

[@RubyGranger8]

Ah thank you! I can't believe it!

[@deerpathfarm9867]

I’ve honestly not been feeling festive yet either:(

[@RubyGranger8]

Hopefully we both do soon!

[@elliestales]

I love your videos about Christmas stuff, they are so cozy and I love Tolkien too ❣️ you inspire me a lot to enjoy this magical period, be creative, create art, videos and handmade letters! Big hugh from Italy, Ruby, I Wish you a beautiful holidays 🌲🪄❣️

[@RubyGranger8]

This is such a lovely comment! I hope you have a lovely Christmas x

[@elliestales]

@RubyGranger8 💚🌲

[@astara3770]

Best way to spend an evening 😌 a victorian Christmas is my favourite 🎄

[@RubyGranger8]

There's nothing quite like it!

[@wonderwoman5528]

I’m not feeling particularly Christmasy but seeing those cards and the way you explained the meanings, cheered me up and inspired me to copy one of the drawings :) 🎄

[@RubyGranger8]

Ah I'm so pleased to hear that, but am sorry you aren't feeling festive! Which drawing did you copy? x

[@wonderwoman5528]

​@RubyGranger8 I’m sure the festivity feeling will kick in soon :) going to start drawing layer today- torn between the traditional Christmas pudding and the bizarre sledging hens x

[@clarewoosley8376]

I thought you were joking about Vicki pudding until you showed the recipe in a cookbook. Then it dawned on me that it’s named for Queen Victoria! I live in the U.S. so please forgive me. 😆 Thanks for this interesting video.

[@sarahquinn6989]

9:20 About puddings Ruby, I recommend Norman Lindsay's The Magic Pudding published in 1918. It is an Australian classic, with wonderful illustrations. The Magic Pudding regenerates each time he is eaten, so he can be eaten again. He is quite a grumpy little character with arms and legs, and his bowl is his hat! Merry Christmas 🎄.

[@penultimateh766]

"By golly" Ruby is adorable when she talks about fun topics.

[@stormeliz7406]

I long to visit England and just listen to you all speak. It's beautiful - captivating. ❤️ from Alabama USA.

[@user-rc4zk1zs7g]

WAH-sell-ing. The emphasis in wassailing is on the first syllable. Between that and "vicky pudding", you had me in stitches.

[@jasoncromwell4206]

According to Google, Ruby, "The Killing of a Wren or a Robin was considered good luck." So, a card with a Dead Bird would be the same as wishing someone a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Very weird to us One of those customs that I am glad to see went away

[@RubyGranger8]

So interesting! Thank you for sharing!

[@RW7266]

Put 'Cutty Wren' in your KZbin search for an old folk song on this theme.

[@lesliegraham8478]

Always so interesting. Thank you. Would love to be your 101st christmas card recipient 😄💕

[@johnlaurens5860]

I’ve just finished making my Christmas cards when this came out

[@RubyGranger8]

Ah such good timing!

[@RGJ770]

Thanks for sharing those Victorian Christmas cards. They are wild! We are definitely still living in Dickens’ world when it comes to Christmas. Did you know, though, that he was inspired by American author Washington Irving’s Old Christmas stories? He read them as a child and wrote to Irving a couple of years before writing a Christmas Carol, saying that he’d like to travel with him to Bracebridge Hall where Irving’s Christmas celebrations were set.

[@RubyGranger8]

That's so wonderful! I knew he was influenced by Irving, but didn't know that his Christmas stories specifically were - I'll have to look into that so thank you :)x

[@kittkatt-nr9je]

Merry Christmas hun, love the whacky traditions behind Christmas and the tales behind festive food.

[@ShinChanInTalking]

Thank you so much for your kind words, Ruby! I'm thrilled to hear that my videos about Christmas have brought you joy and inspiration. It warms my heart to know that they've encouraged you to embrace the magic of the season, express your creativity, and craft beautiful art, videos, and heartfelt letters. Sending you a big hug from afar! Wishing you a truly enchanting holiday season filled with warmth and wonder. 🌲🪄❣💌❤

[@elerrinaoflorien]

No way! I was just thinking about researching Victorian Christmas traditions yesterday and now you upload a video about it. Thank you, Ruby, it was very interesting listening to you explaining some of these :)

[@RW7266]

Thank you for another fasciating video, I painted my cards last weekend and feel far more festive for it. I teach swimming to a nursery, and for the past few years I have painted and calligraphied cards to them. Therapy for me and great fun for the children.

[@-filiporoz]

In my country, many old Christmas traditions are almost forgotten. For example, people used to make little decorative pastries with birds made from the same pastry on 21.12. on Old St Thomas Day....the most common gift for your family was oranges, hazelnuts, walnuts, socks, and candies. People keep fasting on Christmas Eve, so we eat beans, potatoes, baklava, etc.. Many young generations don't know about that.

[@Nicoleliestsogerne]

I'm literally in Hamburg right now! You were with me at least your computer thought so, I love that.

[@Nate1975]

That’s brilliant Ruby. So interesting and those cards 😮 Think for serious Victorians they did have a sense of humour and I can only imagine what they got up to during Xmas. Different people all together

[@RubyGranger8]

Right! They're so fascinating!

[@lottiereavley]

I've literally just helped my son make a Victorian Christmas card for his homework! We made a half beetle, half frog based on a real Victorian card. There were some weird designs for sure!

[@thesaviorvsevilqueen1218]

I just love this video !! I mean : just thank you for having us travelling through the Victorian world in aspects that seem unfortunately forgotten and disregarded. Also I am a fan of the walking vegetables ! 😂❤

[@RubyGranger8]

I ADORE the walking vegetables! And thank you so much for watching :)

[@Katharine-j9b]

I am always looking forward to these videos, absolutely love your attitude and personality. And from now on the soundtrack in my head to anything puzzling is going to be the "*sigh* I really don't understand this" when describing the dead robin card!

[@michaelstephan5272]

Very interesting discussion and new info (for me) regarding Christmas traditions in earlier periods. Thanks for your efforts - much appreciated!

[@danielbauista74]

Not a lot of sign of Christmas where I am but I’m feeling festive. We’re all part of the same story and that’s what I think Christmas celebrates, whether the decorations are there or not

[@RooBoyd]

These funny/weird Christmas cards remind me that we are not so different from people back then, they seem so much like the memes and silly images that we share online. Also Frogs and jellyfish, maybe just the random animals people were 'obsessed' with at the time. The dead bird card makes me sad though...What's christmas-y about that! Lovely video, I watched as I was making some Christmas cards too. xxx

[@juliah5205]

Ruby you totally inspired me to make my own cards this year!! happy hollidays

[@ViaAvione]

Listening to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen at the moment. Perfect timing!

[@RubyGranger8]

The best carol!

[@TortillaTomaso]

Ruby Granger appears similar of Emma Louise Corrin who is best known for the role of Diana, Princess of Wales in the Netflix series The Crown.

[@KimmyChi5]

I really enjoyed this video because I learned so much about some parts of the history of Christmas! I just love the absurdity of Victorian Christmas cards but I will say that as a robin lover, I would be very sad if I got given a Christmas card with a dead robin on it. I definitely prefer the more funnier ones like a mouse riding a lobster or the vegetable people! I definitely want to look more into the history of Christmas now!

[@lou8787]

This gave me the idea to make Christmas cards for my friends! Love your videos, specially when you explain history like this. Happy holidays Ruby! ❤

[@RubyGranger8]

Ah i'm so pleased you like the video, and you most definitely should :)

[@candicemast4209]

That was super interesting! I was hoping you would show your card design so I could steal your ideas! I love homemade cards too- it's one of our favorite family traditions to make them for each other.

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

I like these chats with a bit of history.

[@jamiepierce5247]

Coming from an American, banana pudding is a layered pudding, at least every time I've made it or seen it at a bakery or other place. But you're right, it's not really a Christmas thing.

[@charlottecox4023]

Watching your videos remind me to enjoy every moment x

[@adraawen]

Thank you for this video! It is so interesting and it makes me want to learn again about the Victorian period. I studied it when I was at university and it was definitely my favorite period ❤

[@lizjump800]

Is the dead robin to do with the hunting of the wren? Killing small birds on Boxing Day brought luck if I remember correctly. I could be wrong, but I have a feeling the hunting of the wren appears in Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising. If you haven’t read that, it’s brilliant. The whole series is good, but that’s the best!

[@ellenkarlsson9490]

10:50 I don't think that's a potato. It looks more like a ham to me. The red part is where the ham has been sliced.

[@RubyGranger8]

ohhhh you may be right! I didn't see that at all!

[@ЛизаБеляева-ф2ж]

That's funny: this evening I was reading these Letters of Tolkien with all these illustrations. So when I saw this Christmas card in your hand, I recognised it at once 😊

[@RubyGranger8]

Ah it's such an excellent book!

[@ЛизаБеляева-ф2ж]

@RubyGranger8 , true! Especially Tolkien's original handwriting :)

[@carolynmarshall1968]

Do love hearing about Christmas pasts. But yes, very weird cards 🤣🎄

[@EmilyFord-q8u]

Hey Ruby have you ever fall in love or even had a little crush on anyone?😅☺️

[@sylvianblue]

09.18 and 10.33, 12.19 etc what are those noises all about? (Bangs and crashes very loud on earplugs)

[@RubyGranger8]

I'm sorry that those were so loud x

[@Theleague0fshad0ws]

Wow, the noises were really loud today but that’s the hazards of living in a busy home, can’t be helped sometimes.

[@user-rc4zk1zs7g]

Maybe there's inherent festivity in anthropomorphism? There's also the cock robin nursery rhyme, which might play into the dead robin card theme.

[@zoemills242]

Fascinating. You would make a fantastic teacher. Merry Christmas ❤

[@danielbauista74]

Knowing you’re sending 100 Christmas cards just made my day. You must be super busy, hope you treat yourself just as much as everyone else :)

[@littlebroken1672]

Hi Ruby! I'm doing my Christmas cards too! I like how natural you sound and look in this video, it is like if I was with a friend making the cards! ❤

[@silvialogan9226]

Ruby, I am feeling sort of festive, but not quite because I do not know if I would have enough money to buy my baking ingredients for all the baked goods which I want to make for my neighbors, friends, and my family since I do not have a Credit Card and I have a low Savings amount.

[@Life-s5v]

Hello Ruby.l can say This vidou inspired me.🎄🎁🇹🇷

[@RubyGranger8]

[@nfj72]

I hope you feel festive soon take care x

[@ArlettaNapora]

Thank you very much Ruby for interesting video about Victorian Christmas Tradition. 🥰🤓

[@EmilyFord-q8u]

Ruby, please do a live q&a video

[@jessicapigg]

Oh my goodness Ruby, have you read the Australian children's classic 'The Magic Pudding'? If not, please do! ❤

[@benellison6232]

This video is perfect for the Christmas season ruby! I'm going to watch it to get those holiday vibes. Also: I'm going to recommend "Scrooge" its a Christmas musical from 1970 that puts a comical twist on Dickens classic work. The ghost of Christmas present is sassy and Scrooge has the unfortunate job of being the Devils clerk at one point 😂

[@RubyGranger8]

I will have to watch it! Thank you for the recommendation! Is it on KZbin?

[@benellison6232]

​@RubyGranger8from what I can tell it's on paramount plus and Pluto tv in America. But there appears to a couple uploads on KZbin too, but I'm not sure of the quality. Good luck finding it and your PhD! I just graduated from grad school with my master's degree yesterday :-D

[@benellison6232]

​@RubyGranger8 yes there are uploads on KZbin but I don't know about the quality

[@karinayaes]

I am probably not going to send christmas cards this year but maybe send new year cards...lol

[@dianelipson5420]

Bless you so much! I needed a little help getting in the spirit this year and this is of great assistance. You are a darling and a treasure. Happy Christmas, and May all your Yuletide wishes come true. A little Christmas historical take? Charles Dickens invented the Christmas we know, and I’m good with that. And that’s an American Jewish perspective. 😂 i celebrate it and I try to keep it in my heart all year. The end of THIS year has been trying. ❤ Thank you again.

[@RubyGranger8]

Thank you so much for watching, and I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and new year!

[@sparksoflight5022]

What a beautiful format!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thanks for amazing videos this year, dear Ruby!!! Have wonderful holidays and may the New Year 🎉🎉bring lots of love and joy to you and your family and friends 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤love from Germany!!!!

[@brookek298]

Is what you mentioned about caste role switching on the 12th day of Christmas carnival the inspiration for the title of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night? There are parallels of (gender) role switching and carnival craziness in the plot!

[@RubyGranger8]

Such interesting thoughts, and I definitely think you're right :)

[@SusanMihalic--Writer]

Might the little bird on the card be a wren? It doesn’t look like a robin.

[@thetragicyouth]

Are those weird Victorian images really trying to convey 'festivity'? Or is it more that, historically, Christmas used to be associated with subverting tradition/confounding expectation (cf. Twelfth Night, Feast of Fools, Lord of Misrule, etc)...? To me, the surreal juxtapositions depicted in those cards wittily confound expectation, they don't have to be 'Christmassy' in the modern sense.

[@RubyGranger8]

This is such an interesting thought - the cards are feeding into the way that Christmas was traditionally celebrated, which absolutely was based in outlandish subversion as you say (and for this reason, still are "festive", though just not in our sense). Also like that it's a tradition which subverts tradition!

[@carolsmith9478]

God Bless you and have a Merry Christmas!

[@andreav83]

09:13 I think the Christmas pudding is actually scaring the boy in bed. Yes? No?

[@RubyGranger8]

I think you're right!

[@Theleague0fshad0ws]

Are those Bertie botts every flavoured beans I spy on your windowsill?

[@Sebas-ly5ud]

Algunas ilustraciones me recordaron al ilustrador Alfred Kubin,el cual ilustraba cosas algo perturbadoras😂

[@melodie0987]

I’m so excited to watch this! The Victorian Christmas card of a mouse riding a lobster is the cover of my December playlist 🐁🦞🎄 Merry Christmas, Ruby!

[@RubyGranger8]

You have very good taste!

[@margijohnson3900]

Very interesting Ruby, thank you

[@christianealshut1123]

About gifts being given to the employers - isn't that still pretty much the thing with the employees of the Royal Family?

[@Meredithlrio]

IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE!!! I am anticipating more Christmas videossss❤❤❤❤ love, XOXO.

[@Julie-si3hi]

Love this, i make my own cards too. Not many people do x

[@druip-u2m]

Today Im not my favorite person, but I remain my closest one, there most be other people feeling this way, but Im my room Im the only one. I really wish I had someone to talk to, Im not the best company right now. Is hard to get stock in the valley, but theres challenges at the hill too. But I accept today in my life, and the intensity of my sorrow, because I want the same deal of intensity, when my happines arrives tomorrow :)

[@zahra.mo11]

Loved the video❤

[@-filiporoz]

Young Ruth Goodman

[@RubyGranger8]

I love her so much!

[@키티구구]

Your eyes look like the Christmas 🎄 🎉 beautiful😊 I like your talking even though it's pretty fast to listen carefully. I hope you have happy Christmas🎉😊

[@jennybrockartist]

Likewise not feeling festive at all yet!

[@heavenfxeyesforsale]

hi Ruby!

[@carolynhoover9444]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Dfjkub]

Wow must be nice to have the time

[@actgirl1234567]

❤

[@Momochanhehe]

Interesting

[@Muhd.ImranKhan]

you are looking so beautiful ❤‍🩹

[@cosmemaiamaia3666]

Oi amor🌲❤❤ bjs pra ti😭😭😭.................

[@Sebas-ly5ud]

Ruby enviame una tarjeta🥺❤✨💕¡¡¡

[@Saara-ew5gn]

Hi Ruby! Do you know what where queen Victorias Christmas traditions were? If you do please give me a reply of what you know! Also love your channel ❤

[@iam_ultron]

marry me😭😭

[@canopus78]

Me puedes enviarr un Christmas card❤

[@millie.achilles]

second hii!!!!!!!1!!!

[@FallenAngelGetYeeted]

Disappointed you didnt show us the cards you made 😔

[@mubeeshah-s8x]

Second!! 😅❤

[@norabaggins3192]

First!!

[@RubyGranger8]

Thank you for being so quick!

[@elizabethb9702]

Another video only just for the sponsor…

[@matuin-x5k]

And yet you keep coming back to it every couple of hours giving it engagement lmao

[@elizabethb9702]

@ just once babe

[@elizabethb9702]

This is just tiresome cosplay now

[@elizabethb9702]

Ruby that’s not very kind to keep calling this people have loved for hundreds of years disgusting and horrible. Also, I understand about killing the wren may not be very nice, but that was the culture, our culture back then so I’m not sure this video of you calling old traditions weird,strange and horrid is very charming Ruby.