The card, dating from 1843, is a symbol of an enduring holiday tradition in an era of e-cards and GIFs. Only 21 of the originals are known to have survived. By Anna Schaverien LONDON — For many, ...

The world’s first printed Christmas card has gone on display at London’s Charles Dickens Museum, just in time for the start of the festive season. The card, which pictures a family gathered around a ...

This holiday season, two lucky individuals could find copies of the first commercially printed Christmas card under their trees. First published in 1843, the festive family scene’s inclusion of a ...

The printed Christmas card dates to the Industrial Revolution and used modernity to evoke nostalgia. The Nostalgic Tale of the Christmas Card Bemoaning changes to Christmas customs from days gone by ...

177-year-old card believed to have gone on sale same year Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale – a merry Victorian-era scene that ...

I was planning our usual Christmas card send out last week when my young staff expressed horror at the environmental waste. They told me I was “old school” and that in the new millennium, you send ...

Dec. 4 (UPI) --The world's first commercially printed Christmas card, originally marketed in 1843, is being sold through a Boston-based book dealer for $25,000. The card, created by Henry Cole, John ...

Hi Jaime. I have a real Christmas pet peeve and I hope you’ll talk about it for your social dilemma. I love making out Christmas cards, putting a special and personal message in each card I send.

Q: I love getting Christmas cards, and was wondering when people started sending them. — A.M., Newport News A: The custom of sending printed Christmas cards is about 160 years old. It began with ...