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Christmas greeting cards were invented in England in 1843. John Callcott Horsley, a painter, designed the first Christmas Card at the urging of one of his friends. He designed the card in 1840 and it went on sale three years later when 1000 of these cards were produced at the price of 1 shilling each. The Christmas card was produced in the United States in 1850. During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln asked Thomas Nast to design a Christmas Card to inspire the Union Troops. Nast designed the first Christmas card to feature the jolly Santa that we've come to know and love. |
