{"id":134,"date":"2012-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=134"},"modified":"2014-02-13T09:40:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T09:40:18","slug":"1843_the_world_s_first_commercial_christmas_card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/1843_the_world_s_first_commercial_christmas_card","title":{"rendered":"1843: The World&#8217;s First Commercial Christmas Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"The first commercial Christmas card, 1843\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2012\/First-Christmas-card-1843.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Christmas card, illustrated by John Calcott Horsley, had a print run of 1,000 in 1843 and was sold commercially for 6d, making it somewhat of a luxury item. The card, depicting a celebratory scene involving both children and alcohol, drew some disapprobation from the Temperance Movement. 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