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Although it could not pete with the speed of email today, the 1800’s experienced a revolution in munication that played an important role in creating the tradition of the Christmas greeting card. 【小题1】__(help) by the new railway system, the public postal service made corresponding a popular past time. In England, Sir Henry Cole recognized the advantage of 【小题2】_more efficient mail service and initiated (开始) the practice of sending Christmas greeting cards 【小题3】__ friends.
The first card 【小题4】__ (design) by J.C. Horsley as a mercial endeavor(尝试,努力). One thousand copies were sold in London, 【小题5】__ soon others followed suit. An English 【小题6】 (art), William Egley, produced a popular card in 1849. Louis Prang, a German born printer, working from _【小题7】 shop in Massachusetts, printed his first American cards in 1875. Even more 【小题8】 (importance) than his printing was the fact 【小题9】_ he did more than anyone else to popularize the cards by instituting nationwide contests for the best Christmas designs, 【小题10】_ were awarded cash prizes. Helped
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