 It was good old Queen Victoria that ended up making the modern Christmas as we know it, common practice. Before Queen Victoria, the English hadn't quite taken to the tradition of Christmas trees. But after Victoria married her German husband Albert in 1941, the Queen embraced the practice. The Queen would also hang Christmas present on branches to make her husband happy. And not long after, the people followed suit. By 1942, you could find ads for Christmas trees and gift giving. In December 1844, an illustrated book, The Christmas Tree, described all about the origins of Christmas trees and how to properly put them up in your home. And in 1846, Queen Victoria was sketched with her family standing around a Christmas tree. This article and its description about how the family had various Christmas trees around Windsor Castle skyrocketed the use of Christmas trees in Britain. By 1906, a charity was set up so even orphaned children could also partake of a Christmas tree.