Editing Christmas card (section)

===Collectors items===
From the beginning, Christmas cards have been avidly collected. [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] amassed a large collection that is now housed in the [[British Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Victorian Christmas Cards|publisher=World Collectors Net|url=http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue13/iss13p3.html|website=WCN Magazine|access-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827104410/http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue13/iss13p3.html|archive-date=27 August 2010}}</ref> The [[University College London]]'s [[Slade School of Fine Art]] houses a collection of handmade Christmas Cards from alumni such as [[Paula Rego]] and [[Richard Hamilton (artist)|Richard Hamilton]] and are displayed at events over the Christmas season, when members of the public can make their own Christmas cards in the '''Strang Print Room'''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/uclart/events |title=UCL Slade Art Collection Events |publisher=UCL.co.uk |access-date=28 December 2009 |archive-date=30 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030041447/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/uclart/events |url-status=live }}</ref> Specimens from the "golden age" of printing (1840s–1890s) are especially prized and bring in large sums at auctions. In December 2005, one of Horsley's original cards sold for nearly £9,000. Collectors may focus on particular images like [[Santa Claus]], poets, or printing techniques. The Christmas card that holds the world record as the most expensive ever sold was a card produced in 1843 by J.&nbsp;C. Horsley and commissioned by civil servant Sir Henry Cole. The card, one of the world's first, was sold in 2001 by UK auctioneers Henry Aldridge to an anonymous bidder for a record breaking £22,250.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Warner|first1=Gerald|title=A perfect excuse not to send Christmas cards|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/6443371/A-perfect-excuse-not-to-send-Christmas-cards.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/6443371/A-perfect-excuse-not-to-send-Christmas-cards.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=24 December 2015|newspaper=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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File:Santa Claus and His Reindeer.jpg|Santa Claus and his reindeer

Image:Greeting Card Christmas c1860.jpg|Silk cord and tassels, c.&nbsp;1860
Image:Greeting Card Christmas Victorian 1870.jpg|Victorian, c.&nbsp;1870
File:No Known Restrictions Christmas Eve by J. Hoover, no date (LOC) (2122063062).jpg|Christmas Card, 1880
Image:Greeting card Christmas Victorian 1885.jpg|Victorian, 1885
File:Dear Santa Claus.jpg|Postcard, c.&nbsp;1901
File:Weihnachtskarte 1904.jpg|Christmas card, 1904
File:Christmas postcard 1907.jpg|Christmas postcard 1907
File:Julekort, ca 1912.jpg|Christmas card, 1912

File:Christmas card Brundage signed.jpg|[[Frances Brundage]] Christmas card, 1910
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