A Christmas card that PFC Vincent Vecchione wrote to his 8-month-old daughter in Dec. 1944 elicited powerful responses on social media and is a treasured family heirloom today.

Interestingly, the first Christmas card was born out of anxiety. In Victorian England during the holiday season of 1843, Sir Henry Cole found himself overwhelmed after receiving so much mail.

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But not to anyone. In particular to each of us, in other words. In those days, spending money on Christmas cards — at least for us — was few and far between.

Seasonal greeting cards, often used to extend goodwill to others with the written word, are typically sent to maintain meaningful connections or offer "Season's Greetings" to those around you.

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The card was a painting of a flower, and it read “Merry Christmas.” This more artistic, subtle approach would categorize this first generation of American Christmas cards.

So competitive was the new trade that, as Tara Moore writes in Victorian Christmas in Print, even Alfred, Lord Tennyson was given 1,000 guineas to write a Christmas card poem.