The Hidden History of the Christmas Tree

80 Facts About the Surprisingly Recent Tradition of Wishing You a Merry Christmas

von Steve Mail

38 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Sending a Christmas card feels like it's been around forever, but the tradition is younger than you think, and its beginnings were far stranger than a stamp and a stocking image.

The Hidden History of the Christmas Card traces the surprisingly recent invention of the holiday greeting, from a busy Victorian civil servant looking for a shortcut, to postal reforms that made mass mailing possible, to a booming industry that once printed cards nobody today would recognize as festive.

Inside this 80-fact collection, discover:

- The real reason the first Christmas card was created and it wasn't sentiment- How postal reform accidentally launched a billion-dollar tradition- The bizarre Victorian-era card designs that had nothing to do with Christmas- Why some early cards were considered scandalous>A quick, fascinating read for anyone who still keeps a card list or just loves finding out that a "timeless" tradition is barely 180 years old.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174523234
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published