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Dec 20, 2023 · Christmas cards became hugely popular in the 1930s – 1950s and famous artists were even commissioned to create unique cards, including Salvador Dali, Grandma Moses, …

Get ready for the festive season with our range of beautiful Christmas cards and decorations. Send seasons greetings to your family and friends with our exclusive British Museum …

Dec 9, 2015 · Louis Prang, a Prussian immigrant with a print shop near Boston, is credited with creating the first Christmas card originating in the United States in 1875. It was very different …

Dec 13, 2023 · Most were initially produced by Valentine’s card printers, who were looking to expand, so many early Christmas cards often contained romantic images, rather than religious …

Dec 24, 2024 · A brief history of Victorian Christmas cards: from their origins to their growing popularity, and possible reasons behind some designs.

Christmas cards were imported starting in the 1850s, but they were expensive and didn’t become popular until Prang and Mayer, a lithography firm with a factory in Roxbury Mass, began …

Where did all this start, and what is the history of Christmas cards? Understanding the Christmas card tradition requires going back to 1843, to a time where the Victorians were going through a …

The popularity of Christmas cards grew throughout the mid-nineteenth century and spread to both sides of the Atlantic. Imagery on Victorian Christmas cards was quite different from today's …

The Christmas card that holds the world record as the most expensive ever sold was a card produced in 1843 by J. C. Horsley and commissioned by civil servant Sir Henry Cole. The …