Sending Christmas cards is a custom that's been around for more than 165 years. The question is, who invented the Christmas card? The answer is John Callot Horsley. Horsley was born Jan. 29 ...

Sponsor Message There were no Christmas cards in 1843 England, no Christmas trees at royal residences or White Houses, no Christmas turkeys, no department-store Santa or his million clones ...

Christmas cards are a relatively new invention The ... during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine – so technically the Romans invented it, although there’s no specific person who is ...

“There were no Christmas cards in 1843 England, no Christmas trees at royal residences or White Houses, no Christmas turkeys, no department-store Santa or his million clones, no outpouring of ...

Plus, despite their majority-female consumer base, the Christmas card was actually invented by a man – who happened to be the founding director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Always wondered ...

"The Man Who Invented Christmas" by Les Standiford ... so the subject matter was more than doubtful. There were no Christmas trees or cards, no outpouring of gifts or "Yuletide greetings," and ...

The movie argues in its closing title cards that “A Christmas Carol ... creative and family tensions. “The Man Who Invented Christmas” tells an engaging story of Dickens’ life, but ...

The first Christmas card was created by Sir Henry Cole, a British civil servant in 1843. Cole invented Christmas cards to help promote the post office and sold them for 1 shilling each.

Christmas cards and gift-giving also replaced the excesses of old. The story was chronicled in the 2017 movie The Man Who Invented Christmas, which starred Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens as Dickens ...