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Christmas Card
Custom Just Over
100 Years Old
Christmas, 1953, marks the
111th anniversary of the custom
of sending Christmas cards to
greet friends.
In just a little over 100 years
ithis custom has grown from a
quaint card designed by any en
graver’s apprentice to over two
billion cards which will be sent
in America in 1953.
The first known Christmas card
was designed in 1842 by 16-year
old William Maw Egley in Lon
don. It was illustrated with scenes
of a formal banquet and carried
the message “A Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year to You,”
which still remains the most pop
ular holiday greeting. He printed
100 cards and sent them to his
friends.
The card didn’t make William
Egley famous and nothing is
known of him after he grew up.
The second Christmas card was
designed in 1846 by J. C. Horsley
of the Royal Academy in London
for his friend, Sir Henry Cole. It
showed a family celebrating
Christmas with brimming wine
glasses and was met with a storm
of protest by temperance crusad
ers. Sir Henry, who had sent out
100 cards, never sent another.
The first card to win acceptance
was sent out in 1862 by a London
publisher, Charles Goodal & Sons.
Sgt. Bob Brown, popular here
while in charge of AFRS, is now
out of service and a newscaster
at a radio station in Springfield,
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It is with profound pleasure and appre
ciation that we take this means of ex
pressing our sentiments of Season's Good
Cheer to the friends and customers of
this firm.
Your liberal support is valued most
highly by the employees and manage
ment. Your cooperation is best manifest
has beeir our pleasure, and we are glad
to express our thanks.
May we continue to serve you in the
future? We have set our goal to even
more efficient service, and we desire the
privilege of showing you how sincere we
really are. Again we say, "Thank you."
WIEN ALASKA
AIRLINES, INC.
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