utc another victorian reviving christmas festivities was said to be the then young queen victoria and her german born prince albert who married in february for instance they popularized the christmas tree a popular german tradition i think lady elisabeth longford's bio of queen elisabeth mentions this but as i do not have the source in front of me i'm just inserting this note in discussion agreeing with the critic who posted just above this comment concerning usa today lite scholarship even a christmas carol seems to refer to already existing past and present british christmas customs december