The commercial Christmas card as we know it originated in London in 1843. That winter, Sir Henry Cole, a civil servant who helped organize the Great Exhibition and develop the Victoria and Albert ...

Believed to be the first-ever commercially printed Christmas card, the greeting shows an image ... In December of 1843 there was “A Christmas Carol” and a (rather quaint) Christmas scandal.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...