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The world's first Christmas cardA relatively recent phenomenon, the sending of commercially printed Christmas cards originated in London in 1843. Previously, people had exchanged handwritten Christmas greetings, first in person and later via post. John Callcott Horsley (born 1817-- died 1903), a British narrative painter, designed the very first Christmas and New Year's card at the request of his friend Sir Henry Cole, a wealthy British businessman. Cole suggested the idea of a specially designed form of greeting to send to friends at Christmas. In 1843 an edition of 1,000 of these Christmas cards were printed and placed on sale in London.
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