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First Christmas Cards Traced to Queen Victoria Artist
Australia and New Zealand expect over 120 million Christmas cards this year as greeting cards grow into a major business. The tradition dates back 106 years to E. C. Dobson, Queen Victoria’s favorite artist, who sent lithographs of a Christmas scene to a few friends, spawning a culture of sending cards and sparking competing claims to the first card.
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E. C. Dobson
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