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Remember the old season ticket books? Have you still got them somewhere?! John Wilson reminisces about Sunderland season ...
Archive photographs of Hallmark Cards, Inc. reveals the evolution of one of Kansas City’s most iconic companies. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark began as a postcard business before ...
The overwhelming generosity of the people of Aspen helped provide joy to children in need through Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts this season. Across the U.S., the Samaritan’s Purse ...
Six in 10 adults are receiving fewer Christmas cards — and three-quarters of them aren’t bothered in the slightest, according to a new poll. The study of 2,000 US adults found 44 percent hope ...
Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol.. In that year, the inventor and civil servant Henry Cole ...
The custom of mailing printed Christmas cards in the 19th century was a product of the industrial revolution. It was influenced by older British holiday traditions − some entirely fictional.
THE Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant chapter of The Shoebox Project for Women is once again collecting donations of shoeboxes containing items for local women facing homelessness. Stephanie Demeyere-Foucault, ...
The Shoebox Project has received 1,200 requests for boxes from 25 women’s shelters and domestic violence agencies in the London area. Collecting: The boxes are each worth about $50.
For many, sending cards out for Christmas is a cherished annual tradition. For others, it can be a source of stress amid the holiday rush.. You may even wonder when the optimal time is to impart ...
Abby Eckel is over sending family Christmas cards, blaming the “mental load” it adds to the flurrying holiday season. “I did it once — and it was the first and last time,” Eckel, a ...
National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts is Nov. 18 – 25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country, and shoebox packers may find their local ...