Recommended reading in the
Antique Web:
The
Christmas Card Tale
by Wayne Mattox
How do you tell somebody you care? Go to the store, buy a card and let somebody
else do the telling for you.
The oldest Christmas card created for general distribution probably was
created by William Egley Jr.; a 16 year-old British youth. His 3 1/2-inch- by
5 1/2-inch, 1842 printed impression, preserved in the British Museum, depicts
four holiday scenes and a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" greeting with
blanks after the word "To" on the top and "From" at the bottom. Industrious
kid.
CONT'D
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