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• Sir Henry Cole owned an art shop in London. In 1843 he asked an artist to design a card that he could send to his friends and associates to wish them a good Christmas, because he was too busy to write them letters. The artist drew a three-fold card. The outside panels depicted people giving clothing to the naked and feeding the hungry. The center panel showed a family celebrating Christmas by drinking wine around a feast table. The Temperance Movement was outraged by the cards— but they were in fact the first Christmas cards. Of 1,000 that were printed, 12 still exist.

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• During World War I, President Hoover was constantly urging Americans to cut down on consumption of nearly everything. In the midst of the war, a Christmas card appeared that was printed on cheap gray cardboard and tied with a piece of string that was labelled “camouflaged ribbon.” Tiny scraps of green were labelled “mistletoe” and “holly” and a scrawny creature was labelled “bluebird.” The inscription inside said, “I’ve Hooverized on pork and beans and butter, cake and bread/ I’ve cut out auto riding and now I walk instead / I’ve Hooverized on sugar, on coal and light and lard, / And here’s my Christmas greeting on a Hoover Christmas Card.” • Roy Baker of Guthrie, Oklahoma received a Christmas card in the spring of 1974 that had been mailed over two years earlier. The card carried a two-cent postage due notice because postage rates had gone up between the time the card was mailed and the time it arrived. • Werner Erhard, founder of ‘est’ meditation, set a world record for number of Christmas cards sent in a single year: 62,824 mailed in 1975.

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• Irving Berlin needed to write a song for each of the major holidays for the movie “Holiday Inn” starring Bing Crosby. Berlin didn’t have much trouble with most of the holidays, but when it came to Christmas, he was stuck. • Inspiration struck as he sat by a swimming pool in Arizona. He declared, “I just wrote the best song I've ever written – hell! I just wrote the best song that anybody's ever written!” • Crosby performed the song in the movie, and recorded it for Decca Records in a single 18-minute session. It didn’t do well on the charts at first, until Christmas came and the Armed Forces Network was flooded with requests for it by homesick soldiers.

The song spent 11 weeks at the top, only to return to the top position again during the holiday seasons in 1945 and 1947, becoming the only single in history with three separate runs at the top. • It sold more than 50 million copies. It’s now been recorded by more artists than any other song in the history of the recording industry, and the Guinness Book of World Records lists it as the top-selling song of all time, with over 100 million copies sold, including over 500 different versions. What’s the name of the song? (Answer at bottom of page)

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• On August 29, 1861, an evangelist visited David City, Nebraska. The local Methodist minister hosted the visit, and it happened that the minister’s wife gave birth to a baby boy that day. The baby was named in honor of the evangelist, whose name was Mr. Joyce. In the 1800s, Joyce was a common name for a boy. • Joyce Clyde Hall grew up going by his initials, ‘J.C.’ When J.C. was 18, he started producing picture postcards, launching the Norfolk Postcard Company and hawking his wares to shops in the area. Business was good, and his two brothers joined him in business. • In 1915 disaster struck when a fire burned the business to the ground. He decided to rebuild, and it was an opportune time to make changes. First, he changed the name of the company, incorporating his last name in a play on words. Second, he decided to abandon picture postcards and to manufacture greeting cards instead. His was the first greeting card company to display cards on racks so people could browse through them. Previously, store clerks selected a card from behind the counter or from the back of the store. Sales soared because of this simple innovation. • By 1923 the company had 120 employees, thriving during the Great Depression. By the time J.C. died in 1982 at the age of 91, his company was worth over $1.5 billion. Today, over 14,000 designs are printed every year, designed by 450 artists. More than 10 million cards are sold annually around the world. What’s the name of J.C.’s company? (Answer at bottom of page)

• In 1928 Hall Brothers became the first greeting card company to advertise nationally when the company placed an ad in “Ladies’ Home Journal.” • Hallmark started using their famous slogan in 1944: “When you care enough to send the very best.” • The company now employs over 10,000 full time people worldwide including over 500 artists who work on developing products. • More than 30,000 retail outlets sell Hallmark products. • About 10,000 new products are released annually, and Hallmark has about 49,000 products available at any given time. • The word ‘hallmark’ originates from the Goldsmith’s Hall in London which was the site of the assay office. Items made of gold or silver would be stamped with a mark that guaranteed their authenticity, and from there the word came to mean a mark of quality. • About 60% of all seasonal cards sold are Christmas cards. After Christmas, the most popular holidays to send cards are Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Easter and Father's Day. • 90% of Americans buy at least one greeting card per year. • About one-third of the cards a typical American receives are birthday cards. About 60% of non-seasonal cards are birthday cards, followed by anniversary, get well, friendship and sympathy. • The most popular recipients of seasonal cards are parents. The most popular recipients of non-seasonal cards are friends. • Americans purchase nearly 7 billion greeting cards every year.

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• On Dec. 24, 1851, a devastating fire at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroys two-thirds of its 55,000 volumes. Today the collection contains more than 17 million books. • On Dec. 22, 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman presents the captured city of Savannah, Georgia, to President Abraham Lincoln with the message, "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton." • On Dec. 23, 1888, in Arles, France, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor. He documented the event in a painting titled "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear."

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• When the holidays come around, we use fresh herbs to make several family recipes, but end up with lots left over. Here is a great tip I found online to stretch the usefulness of fresh herbs: “Store fresh herbs as you would fresh flowers: in a jar of water on your countertop. Pluck off what you need, change the water daily, and they’ll last two to three times longer than they would in the fridge (from nourishedkitchen.com).” • Empty spice containers can be used to hold different hardware in the shop or in your toolbox. • “My great-nephew and his family came to visit, and his toddler son is quite into opening doors. I had babyproofed my breakables and such, but I did not think about his being able to turn a doorknob. His very smart mother pulled out a sock and slipped it over the doorknob, then secured it with a wide rubber band. Even I was unable to get a good grip on the doorknob after that!” — V.R. in North Carolina • Surprise guests? Here’s how to quick clean your living areas: First, clean the toilet, mirror and vanity in the guest bathroom and leave a fresh towel; grab a laundry basket and remove any clutter from the living room and kitchen; put away or clean dirty dishes and wipe down counters in the kitchen; finally, give carpets a quick vacuum. Then maybe light a great-smelling candle and greet your guests! • “Fireplaces are wonderful for heat and ambience, but the ashes! When cleaning up, I spritz the ashes with a rosemary water solution. This keeps them from dusting up and flying all over, and it smells great. My neighbor puts her damp loose-leaf tea in the fireplace for scent as well.” — C.W. in Iowa Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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500 Years of Christmas Trees • In 1510, the first Christmas tree is decorated in Riga, Latvia. Early Christmas trees are decorated with paper, fruits and sweets. • In 1531, the first retail Christmas tree lots appear in German cities. Laws limited the size of trees to "8 shoe lengths" (slightly over 4 feet). • By the 1600s, it is common in Germany to decorate Christmas trees with apples. Trees decorated with ribbon, tin shapes, small books and lace, as well as food soon followed. • By the 1700s, edible ornaments become so popular on Christmas trees that they are often called "sugartrees." • In the 18th century, the first accounts of using lighted candles as decorations on Christmas trees come from France. • In 1777, the tradition of the Christmas tree is brought to Colonial America by Hessian troops fighting for Britain in the Revolutionary War. • In 1804, U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Dearborn (now Chicago) bring evergreen trees into their barracks at Christmas. • In 1842, Charles Minnegrode introduces the custom of a decorated Christmas tree in Williamsburg, Virginia. • In 1851, Mark Carr opens a retail Christmas tree lot in New York City, the first in the United States. Trees were taken at random from forests.

• In 1856, Franklin Pierce, the 14th U.S. President, brings the first Christmas tree into the White House • Around 1883, Sears, Roebuck & Company begins offering the first artificial Christmas trees: 33 limbs for 50 cents and 55 limbs for $1. (Today, 80 percent of all artificial trees are made in China.) • In the early 1900s, due to overharvesting, many magazines begin to encourage people to substitute an artificial "snow"-covered tree, consisting of a branch of a deciduous tree wrapped in cotton. • In 1901, the first Christmas-tree farm is started when W.V. McGalliard plants 25,000 Norway spruce on his farm in New Jersey. • In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge starts the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, now held every year on the White House lawn. • In 1966, for the first time, the tree displayed in the Blue Room of the White House is presented by the winner of a competition held by the National Christmas Tree Association. • In 2015, approximately 25-30 million real Christmas trees will be sold in the U.S. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• In 1939 the president of the Montgomery Ward department store chain asked his advertising copywriter to design a free gift that the hired Santas could hand out to the children who came to sit on Santa’s lap. He wanted something that would be plastered with the department store name and serve as great advertising. They had previously given away a coloring book to every child, but this year they wanted something different. • Robert May was the advertising executive who got this job. He decided to create an illustrated booklet that kids would keep; something that parents would read to them every single Christmas. With the aid of artist Denver Gillen, May invented a new Christmas character named Rollo. • The store officials liked the idea and the poem, but nixed the name Rollo. So it became Reginald. They didn’t like that name either. Then May’s daughter suggested a new name, which was unanimously approved. • That year, 2.4 million copies of the booklet were handed out across the country. • In 1947 a friend of May’s named Johnny Marks put the poem to music and tried to get famous singers to perform it. No one was interested in the song. Finally, Gene Autry agreed to do the song in 1949. It went straight to the top of the Hit Parade. • Since then, over 300 different recordings have been made, with 80 million copies sold. The song is second only to “White Christmas” as the bestselling Christmas record of all time. Burl Ives even voiced a movie about it in 1964. It’s one of the first holiday songs children learn. What was the name they agreed on, now a famous Christmas character as well as a song? (answer at top of next page)

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