In 1843, many Britons bemoaned the disappearance ... new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card's design was actually influenced by other, older British holiday ...

If you’re looking to send a friend one of the world’s first Christmas cards, you just need a stamp and about $7,000. At an auction on Saturday at British auction house Henry Aldridge & Son ...

The first commercially produced Christmas card, dated December 1843. The card, a hand-colored lithograph designed in England by John Callcott Horsley, is among the rare holiday-themed items put up ...

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 ...

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 ...

A descendant of the man who sent the first Christmas card says she gets a mixed reaction ... had unanswered post "piling up" in the run up to Christmas 1843, according to Shere Museum curator ...

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 ...

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 ...