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Cheers! Or not: ‘Scandalous’ 1st Christmas card up for sale [from 1843, very charming]
Associated Press ^
| 12/3/2020
| William J Cole
Posted on 12/12/2020 3:29:23 PM PST by simpson96
The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale — a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalized some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843.
The card, being sold online starting Friday through a consortium run by Marvin Getman, a Boston-based dealer in rare books and manuscripts, depicts an English family toasting the recipient with glasses of red wine.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: cards; christmas
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The card supposedly went on sale in the same week that Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was published.
Christie’s in London estimates it would sell for $6,725 to $10,800.
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posted on
12/12/2020 3:29:23 PM PST
by
simpson96
To: simpson96
But it doesn’t say “Happy Holidays” < /BahHumbug >
To: a fool in paradise
It's not Christmas until Aunt Edna says "Play ball!"
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posted on
12/12/2020 3:36:32 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
12/12/2020 3:40:26 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
12/12/2020 3:41:36 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
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To: simpson96
It looks like the group in the center is supposed to be a family--grandparents on one side and probably two of their married children with spouses on the other, but the young girl in the middle seems to be drinking wine (maybe 8 years old). Better than gin, I guess. Or maybe it is cherry Coke.
What are the side scenes supposed to represent? Helping the needy at Christmastime?
To: simpson96
I see the kids are chugging down wine.
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posted on
12/12/2020 4:00:24 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be takfor sure)
To: Verginius Rufus
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posted on
12/12/2020 4:37:04 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
To: Deaf Smith
“I see the kids are chugging down wine.”
The water wasn’t to sparkly back then. You know, Cholera and all that.
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posted on
12/12/2020 5:04:35 PM PST
by
dljordan
To: dljordan
That is why there was beer.
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posted on
12/12/2020 5:11:09 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be takfor sure)
To: Deaf Smith
To: Deaf Smith
To: Deaf Smith
To: Deaf Smith
Might be shrub.
Although in England it seems shrub was also made with alcohol so six of one, half dozen of the other I guess.
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posted on
12/12/2020 5:51:43 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Dear Clare, The awkward time is almost over. Love, Normal Americans)
To: Deaf Smith
“That is why there was beer.”
No, there is beer because God loves us and wants us to be happy. :)
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posted on
12/12/2020 6:17:38 PM PST
by
dljordan
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