As I finish up this years Christmas cards and try to get them out the door (forgot stamps... doh!) I thought I would share a little trivia with you... I mean come on, who doesn't love trivia... especially at this busy busy busy time of year...
As early as 1822, the postmaster in Washington, D.C. was worried by the amount of extra mail at Christmas time. His preferred solution to the problem was to limit by law the number of cards a person could send. Even though commercial cards were not available at that time, people were already sending so many home-made cards that sixteen extra postmen had to be hired in the city.
I wonder if Mr. Postmaster would be annoyed with my 75+ Christmas cards that are going out in the mailbox tomorrow...
(last years pile... this years cards aren't quite as colorful)