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Unusual Christmas Cards and Liturgical Shifts in 1960s
The piece contrasts unique Hallmark cards featuring lunar imagery and ethnic greetings with sweeping liturgical changes in Catholics and Protestants during the 1960s. It notes Vatican II reforms, vernacular Mass, participatory worship, simpler vestments, new music styles, and evolving church art, while citing public reaction and enduring American carols like It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallmark Cards
U.S
Hallmark
Bennet Bolton
New York
John
America
Edmund H. Sears