Brian Earl

So many factors converging at just the right time.

So many factors converging at just the right time.

It was, yes, it was right around then. You know, again, Christmas had kind of gotten beaten up a little bit and was working its way back into the culture. Certain things couldn't have become popular until we had all of those conditions coming together.

It was, yes, it was right around then. You know, again, Christmas had kind of gotten beaten up a little bit and was working its way back into the culture. Certain things couldn't have become popular until we had all of those conditions coming together.

It was, yes, it was right around then. You know, again, Christmas had kind of gotten beaten up a little bit and was working its way back into the culture. Certain things couldn't have become popular until we had all of those conditions coming together.

Another one of them is right around the mid to late 19th century, lithography, a printing technique, was coming into its own, which allowed pretty cheap and efficient color printing. And that's right around the time there were certain postal reforms in the UK. The invention of the postage stamp, a uniform price to send things to and fro, coincided with the creation of the first Christmas card.

Another one of them is right around the mid to late 19th century, lithography, a printing technique, was coming into its own, which allowed pretty cheap and efficient color printing. And that's right around the time there were certain postal reforms in the UK. The invention of the postage stamp, a uniform price to send things to and fro, coincided with the creation of the first Christmas card.

Another one of them is right around the mid to late 19th century, lithography, a printing technique, was coming into its own, which allowed pretty cheap and efficient color printing. And that's right around the time there were certain postal reforms in the UK. The invention of the postage stamp, a uniform price to send things to and fro, coincided with the creation of the first Christmas card.

And you have to think before that, communicating across long distances wasn't really a big part of life for most people. The other thing that happened in the 19th century in America and in England is rail travel. Now that rail travel was not only possible, but also pretty affordable to most people, Christmas was instantly rebranded as a time where you can have a homecoming.

And you have to think before that, communicating across long distances wasn't really a big part of life for most people. The other thing that happened in the 19th century in America and in England is rail travel. Now that rail travel was not only possible, but also pretty affordable to most people, Christmas was instantly rebranded as a time where you can have a homecoming.

And you have to think before that, communicating across long distances wasn't really a big part of life for most people. The other thing that happened in the 19th century in America and in England is rail travel. Now that rail travel was not only possible, but also pretty affordable to most people, Christmas was instantly rebranded as a time where you can have a homecoming.

If you moved to the city for a job, you could come home for Christmas. If you lived in the city, you could have goods shipped in from the farms for Christmas. That changed everything and really made Christmas what it is today.

If you moved to the city for a job, you could come home for Christmas. If you lived in the city, you could have goods shipped in from the farms for Christmas. That changed everything and really made Christmas what it is today.

If you moved to the city for a job, you could come home for Christmas. If you lived in the city, you could have goods shipped in from the farms for Christmas. That changed everything and really made Christmas what it is today.

If you remember the poem, Twas the Night Before Christmas, that came out in 1880 in a newspaper. There were no illustrations, but the words are really interesting if you pay attention to them, where he rides in a miniature sleigh with eight tiny reindeer. He has a little round belly. He's an elf in that poem. He's described as an elf.

If you remember the poem, Twas the Night Before Christmas, that came out in 1880 in a newspaper. There were no illustrations, but the words are really interesting if you pay attention to them, where he rides in a miniature sleigh with eight tiny reindeer. He has a little round belly. He's an elf in that poem. He's described as an elf.

If you remember the poem, Twas the Night Before Christmas, that came out in 1880 in a newspaper. There were no illustrations, but the words are really interesting if you pay attention to them, where he rides in a miniature sleigh with eight tiny reindeer. He has a little round belly. He's an elf in that poem. He's described as an elf.

And Houghton Mifflin did an illustrated version of that that you can find online pretty easily. That was in 1912, I want to say. And the pictures of him show that he's, yeah, he's about three feet tall. So shortly after that, we start to have a bunch of different artists creating their image of Santa Claus.

And Houghton Mifflin did an illustrated version of that that you can find online pretty easily. That was in 1912, I want to say. And the pictures of him show that he's, yeah, he's about three feet tall. So shortly after that, we start to have a bunch of different artists creating their image of Santa Claus.

And Houghton Mifflin did an illustrated version of that that you can find online pretty easily. That was in 1912, I want to say. And the pictures of him show that he's, yeah, he's about three feet tall. So shortly after that, we start to have a bunch of different artists creating their image of Santa Claus.