BY NOW, many people have started to think about how many Christmas cards to send this year and where to buy them (unless, like my well-organised wife, you acquired them months ago and have already addressed them). This year is the 150th anniversary of the world's first mass produced Christmas cards, created in 1862 by the London printing firm of Charles Goodall & Sons. The first cards simply read: "A Merry Christmas", but later designs included robins, holly, mangers, snowmen and even Little Red Riding Hood.
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