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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Hidden History of the Christmas Tree: 80 Facts About the Surprisingly Recent Tradition of Wishing You a Merry Christmas

The Hidden History of the Christmas Tree: 80 Facts About the Surprisingly Recent Tradition of Wishing You a Merry Christmas

Mail, Steve

Paperback

Games & Activities GeneralGeneral Reference

ISBN13: 9798174523234
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 18 2026
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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

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