Picking a Christmas Card collection-times-history Mark Twain relaxes in a

Mark Twain relaxes in a rocking chair in New Hampshire in 1905

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Picking a Christmas Card collection-times-history Mark Twain relaxes in aPeering into a display case, children try to decide which Christmas card to get for their teacher at the turn of the century. Christmas cards date back to 1843 when Englishman Henry Cole, too busy to write a personal holiday greeting, had the bright idea of having an artist design a card that could be sent to all his acquaintances. Cole took the 5" x 3" card and had 1,000 copies made by a London printer on stiff cardboard, changing the holidays, and