While the Christmas card may have seemed like an entirely new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card's design was actually influenced by other, older British ...

“At first only middle-class consumers sent Christmas cards, which were an extension of middle-class social customs like visiting cards and letter writing. They were quite expensive and marketed ...

In 1843, a festive tradition was born in Shere. Simon Furber visits the Surrey village to discover who was responsible for the humble Christmas card.