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This 2017 photo shows the first commercially produced Christmas card dated December, 1843. The card, a hand-colored lithograph designed in England by John Callcott Horsley, is among the rare holiday-themed items being sold online. (Dennis M V David/Battledore Ltd via AP)
The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalised some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843.
The card, being sold online starting Friday through a consortium run by Marvin Getman, a Boston-based dealer in rare books and manuscripts, depicts an English family toasting the recipient with glasses of red wine.