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How nostalgia led to the invention of the first Christmas card

  • Written by Christopher Ferguson, Associate Professor of History, Auburn University
imageThe first Christmas card with the words 'A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to You." Artist John Callcott Horsley via Wikimedia Commons

It’s a common seasonal refrain: “Christmas just isn’t like it used to be.”

This is not a new complaint. History shows that Christmas traditions are just as subject to change as any...

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