The first Christmas card with the words “A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to You.” ... Bracebridge Hall, when debating the changing character of their nation’s Christmas observances.

First world postal stamp – the Penny Black. General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland via Wikimedia Commons. Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to ...

JOHN and Abigail Adams moved into the drafty, unfinished White House just before Christmas, 1800, and threw the first party there on New Year's Day. Ever since, the holidays have been a lively ...