Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Merry Christmas, Laddie!
With the Holidays in the air (and yes, I said "holidays," you "war-on-Christmas" conspiracy nuts), I did some holiday digging and found out that the modern Christmas Card, which claims its origins in London around the turn of the 19th/20th centuries, was actually invented by those wacky Scots. For the complete story, you've got nowhere else to turn but their own "hometown" news source, the Scotsman... (Link)Ohy. Ugly chap, ain't he. But hey, you can't complain. While the true first Christmas card was, in fact, used to drum up business for a local shop, it doesn't sport the things we commonly assoicate with a more commercialized holiday. Good thing we have enough of that today, right kids?
