Believe it or not, a little nostalgia was what led to the invention of the first Christmas card. Maybe if we bring enough of that holiday nostalgia into the mix, we can revive this old custom.

While the Christmas card may have seemed like an entirely new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card's design was actually influenced by other, older British ...

A Christmas card. British Museum, Artist William Maw Egley. CC BY-NC-SA It’s a common seasonal refrain: “Christmas just isn’t like it used to be.” This is not a new complaint. History ...