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Christmas Origins |
 | | While the Europeans had distributed wood prints depicting Christian themes during the Middle Ages (5th to the 15th century), it was not until 1843 that English illustrator John Callcott Horsley designed the first modern Christmas card. |
| | On its cover were the words “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You,” with the scene of a family celebrating Christmas together. |
| | In the Western Churches, it commemorates the revelation of Jesus to the Gentiles (in the form of the Three Wise Men—Matthew 2:1–12), and in both the Eastern and Western Churches is held in honor of Jesus’ first miracle at the marriage feast in Cana (John 2:1–11). |
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