Not long after addressing the unsent card, my grandmother began to struggle with dementia. As a result, her tradition of sending Christmas cards came to an end.

It was very different from Cole and Horsley’s of 30 years prior, in that it didn’t even contain a Christmas or holiday image. The card was a painting of a flower, and it read “Merry ...

The number of Christmas cards appears to be dwindling, ... The 1960s were really the big growth period for cards. ... It wasn't long ago that the Christmas letter, specifically, ...

The card was originally published in 1843, the same year Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol" also headed to publication. For fans of the famous British author, it just gets better.

Invented by Henry Cole, founder of the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the museum that would become the V&A, Christmas cards have been commercially available since 1843.