The custom of sending Christmas cards is relatively ... on sheets of writing paper. The first formal card was designed by an Englishman, J.C. Horsley, in 1843. It was lithographed on stiff ...

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 ...

During the holiday season of 1843, those friends were causing Cole ... Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year To You.” The first Christmas card Unlike many holiday traditions, can anyone really ...

Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles Dickens published ... an entirely new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card’s ...

It’s “a line that should be on a Christmas card,” said ... Chesterton scholars. First, Chesterton was a big fan of the writer Charles Dickens, who penned the 1843 novella “A Christmas ...

History shows that Christmas traditions are just as subject to change as any other aspect of human societies, and when customs change, there are always some who wish they could turn back the clock. In ...

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 ...

Lindsay Middleton has previously received research funding from the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC UKRI). A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843 – the same year as ...

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 ...

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.

The image was taken by Millie Pilkington in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, captured in April when the foliage behind the royal couple was blooming with pink and purple flowers. In the ...

The tradition of sending Christmas cards began in 1843 when Sir Henry Cole, a British civil servant, educator, and inventor, commissioned the first printed card. Designed by artist John Callcott ...