Multiple choice

In which two countries did Christmas greeting cards become popular in the mid-1800s?

  1. Austria and France

  2. England and the United States

  3. China and Germany

  4. England and Mexico
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The first commercial Christmas card was designed in England in 1843 by John Calcott Horsley for Sir Henry Cole. The custom quickly gained popularity in both England and the United States, where Louis Prang later became known as the father of the American Christmas card in the 1870s.

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