Saturday, December 10, 2011

Fifty - Seventh Trivia Question

 
Questions

(1) Who started the first “official" 
 Christmas cards in a stationery form? 

(2) Who produced the first commercial card in 1843?

This early card was a depiction of a Christmas scene 
framed in three panels. 

In the center panel was a homey table scene: 
children, parents and grandparents seated 
and some raising their glasses for a toast. 

On either side were panels depicting acts of Christmas charity: 
to the left, feeding the hungry; to the right, clothing the naked. 

Underneath appears the now familiar phrase 
"A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You."  

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