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Any kind of cards: birthday cards, get well cards, welcome home cards, Christmas cards, whatever. Our community, as a community, sent a card out every year, of course. As a result, so few of us ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) – A simple request led to an overwhelming response, with hundreds of Christmas cards flooding the mailbox of a local woman after she sought to make her mother's final holiday ...
Six in 10 adults are receiving fewer Christmas cards — and three-quarters of them aren’t bothered in the slightest, according to a new poll. The study of 2,000 US adults found 44 percent hope ...
Still, regardless of background, diverse Canadians in multiple ways still find the Christmas period one of the most enjoyable, uplifting and magical of the year. There are universal aspects we hav ...
The Norwegian royal family has released their 2024 Christmas card, continuing a cherished tradition of sharing a festive portrait. However, this year's photo has left fans puzzled as Prince Sverre ...
Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol. In that year, the inventor and civil servant Henry Cole ...
And since the season of giving is officially here, I want to spread some holiday cheer by highlighting Christmas-themed trading cards, which is a bigger niche than you may realize. Advertisement ...
Fewer people are writing and sending Christmas cards this year Credit: Supplied One in 10 won’t be sending a single card this year – with 49 per cent adding they would prefer not to but feel ...
A soldier in the battlefield longing to be home for Christmas inspired the great composer Irving Berlin to write White Christmas in 1942. Thus, was born the first secular Christmas song which has ...
Take, for example, the humble Christmas card. My research shows that these printed seasonal greetings borrowed from the customs of the past to move Christmas into a new age. Annual sales and ...
Invented by Henry Cole, who sought a way to avoid writing endless Christmas ... secular images such as presents. There were trends too. Cards featuring portraits of the family became fashionable in ...
The only fly in the ointment (myrrh, presumably) arrived through the letterbox on Friday, when alongside the takeaway menus, clothing catalogues and a phone bill came a bunch of Christmas cards ...