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Show CHRISTMAS CARD SENDING REGAN MANY YEARS AGO Whit whs the surprised poison receiving the fiivst Christmas card? It is known that In 1842 a British Brit-ish youth, William M. Kgloy, ,-U-lul In black ami white a holiday holi-day card containing a banquet scene, a party scene, skaters and rt Christmas pantomino for good im-asuro. It is elalnul that W. C. Pobson, a British painter, actually mailed the primeval and very first Christ mas card sent to another person. For the rest of tho 19th century, greeting- cards, which really raged in the SO's, bore no relation whatever what-ever to the season. They pictured roses and daisies on the lea, romping romp-ing children, little lambkins frisking, frisk-ing, farmers harvesting icrops many of them silk fringed, others in the shape of fans. Vases of violets vio-lets and roses appeared on pale green backgrounds. Not a yule log among 'em. One existent later collection pictures pic-tures a very thin and blase Santa standing beside a little girl and nonchalantly remarking, A" most consummate Christmas and an utterly ut-terly utter New Year!" Few cards with religious subjects appeared. This year, the first holiday postwar post-war season since war embargoas were lifted for the greeting card Industry, nearly two billion Christmas Christ-mas cards are expected tp go through the- United States mails alone. These tons of cards do not drop casually from the skies when lists are brought out by everyone. The Greeting Card Industry, otherwise the national trade association of this great business, composed of 61 firms, has been producing 85 of them. In addition, artists and firms putting out special and individual indi-vidual designs account for the remaining re-maining 15. It is an appropriate and beautiful beauti-ful array now spread out before us by this So si of the makers. There is no lack of the Yuletide spirit. Stars over a sleeping village doves around a church bell tower holly and mistletoe the Christ-child Christ-child the family hearth Madon-' Madon-' nas of lovely coloring jingle bells and down on the farm all are to be found. Also this year, for the first time, cards between plastic coverings are offered. Gaining popularity are kodochrome photos. Or you may find Santas wearing real wool suits and feather whiskers. whisk-ers. There are gaily humorous cards as well. |