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 ...

Christmas cards and crackers are also Victorian inventions ... That same year, London confectioner Tom Smith invented a quintessential British Christmas accessory, the Christmas cracker; a twist ...

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. A British tradition Annual ...

Christmas, Hanukkah ... But the Republican Party seems to have opted for the darkly funny, Seinfeld-invented holiday of “Festivus,” best known for “the airing of the grievances.” ...

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 letters to friends and family, the Christmas card has become an integral part of our festive celebrations. Back in the ...

Ever since the Victorians invented the Christmas card, people have gotten creative—and a bit bizarre—with their holiday greetings. Forget serene woodland scenes or snapshots of a family ...

These days we mark the occasion with roses, cards and cosy dinners for two (if you can get the ... the know about the true origins of this annual event. So we've shared who invented Valentine's Day ...

It is one of the oldest Christmas traditions of all time, pulling a Christmas Cracker around the table and the flurry of tiny toys and colourful paper hats that follow. But why do we do it and ...

One card featured a cat with a pipe cleaner for a tail and carried the caption “Ye Christmas Tale”. Another showed an unfortunate man falling through the ice. Hilarious.

As you scramble to finish shopping and get those Christmas cards written ... In 1436, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with moveable type. In the early days of printing typesetting ...

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