One of the many Christmas traditions that has been losing its charm over the years is Christmas cards. Here is the history of ...

Christmas just isn’t like it used to be.” This is not a new complaint. History shows that Christmas traditions are just as subject to change as any other aspect of human societies, and when customs ...

The printed Christmas card dates to the Industrial Revolution. Even at its birth, the greeting card used modernity to evoke ...

The first Christmas card with the words “A ... ongoing debates inspired Cole’s decision to commission his 1843 Christmas card, the illustration Horsley designed for him alluded to them directly.

Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles ... to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card’s design was actually influenced ...

It is also the period when the first Christmas card was believed to have been sent – in 1843 – with that very card part of an ...

First world postal stamp – the Penny Black ... ongoing debates inspired Cole's decision to commission his 1843 Christmas card, the illustration Horsley designed for him alluded to them directly.