Almost a century after their brutal murder, the remembrances of Romanov Christmas's surface on the web: poignant hand made cards by the children, an image of Tatiana's
gift- a diary for her mother, postcards given to the public...The former Imperial Christmases were elaborate- 8 Christmas trees in the Alexander Palace, a long procession of servants, townspeople, guards receiving gifts from Nicholas and Alexander. then the private celebration gifts- unwrapped but draped by a cover- in the Russian tradition- set out for the children...If the snow was set and deep enough, there were outdoor games and sports- troika rides, building the elaborate wedding cake snow towers, tobogganing....skating...A winter wonderland that shrank to an imprisoned Christmas- their last in l917, Tobolsk- but Alexandra and her daughters created handmade gifts, decorated a fragrant tree with candles...
artwork Siberia depicts the last Christmas
gift- a diary for her mother, postcards given to the public...The former Imperial Christmases were elaborate- 8 Christmas trees in the Alexander Palace, a long procession of servants, townspeople, guards receiving gifts from Nicholas and Alexander. then the private celebration gifts- unwrapped but draped by a cover- in the Russian tradition- set out for the children...If the snow was set and deep enough, there were outdoor games and sports- troika rides, building the elaborate wedding cake snow towers, tobogganing....skating...A winter wonderland that shrank to an imprisoned Christmas- their last in l917, Tobolsk- but Alexandra and her daughters created handmade gifts, decorated a fragrant tree with candles...
artwork Siberia depicts the last Christmas