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In 1843, Christmas spirit was at an all-time high. Prince Albert’s penchant for Christmas trees was beginning to set a precedent in Victorian Britain and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol would be published that December; the first edition sold out within a week. That same season, Henry Cole, civil servant and founding director of the V&A, commissioned the first…