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Christmas Cards - From Penny Post to CyberPost

According to most sources, Sir Henry Cole of London, England was the first person to send commercially produced Christmas cards. This was done in 1843 when he had a print shop print 2,050 cards with a...

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Christmas Greeting Cards: Retracing its History

One important part of Christmas, apart from the food and the decoration, are Christmas Greeting Cards . Sending out greeting cards is something that almost everyone has done at some point in their lives....

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The First Christmas Card

The first commercial Christmas card was designed and printed in London in 1843, at the suggestion of British businessman, Sir Henry Cole and featured an illustration of John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903), a...

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