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 \nPHOENIX METAL CAP CO.  \n2444 W.Sixteenth St.,CHICAGO  \n3720 Fourteenth Ave.,BROOKLYN  \nELnur Jarole  \nNo.1 GREETING  \nTHE CHRISTMAS CARD,serving as a frontis-piece for our Holiday Number,is believedto be the first one produced in America.Itwas originally painted by a Mrs.Whitneyfor Charles Dickens(observe signature)who sent it as a personal greeting to LouisPrang,a Boston lithographer.  \nQuick to appreciate the sentinent sodeftly delineated,Mr.Prang had copies  \nrun off for friends and relatives.This wasin 1874.The copies created such favorablecomment that he decided the following yearto produce similar greetings conimercially.He offered prizes from $200 to $2,000 foreffective designs.Some of the fine artistsof the period competed.  \nMany of these prize cards,together withother early greetings,have been preservedin the collection of Miss Dorothea Law-rence,Plainfield,N.J.,from whom we ob-tained this interesting reproduction.  \n# PHOENIX FLAME\n\nPress Edition  \nSee tle blazing yule before us,Strike the harp and join the chorus,Follow me in merry measure,Wluile I tell the yuletide treasure!  \nFast away tlhe old year passes,Hail the new,ye lads and lasses!Sing we joyous all togetler,Heedless of the wind and weather!  \nWelsh Carol.  \nTHIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR when a fellow by the name of Santa Claus takesover the editorial chair and chore.Pretty easy for the old boy.All he has to do islift down the volumes from the“D”shelf...Dickens,that is.Better hurry!Thesebooks may gather dust and cobwebs most of the year,but at Christmastime theyare the most active in the newspaper library.  \nNo other writer,before or since,has caught the Christmas spirit as Dickens did,or used it more often as a theme.And,despite this age of war and atom bombs,fear and cynicism,his words ring true as ever.Here are some excerpts from thebooks of Dickens(Santa Claus quoting)which express his idea of the Christmasfellowship:  \n“Christmastime!That man must be a misanthrope indeed in whose breastsomething like a jovial feeling is not roused—in whose nind some pleasant associa-tions are not wakened—by the recurrence of Christmas.  \n“There are people who will tell you that Christmas is not to them what it used  \nto be;that each succeeding Christmas has found some cherished hope or happy pros-pect of the year before dimmed or passed away;that the present only serves to re-mind them of reduced circumstances and straitened incomes—of the feasts theyonce bestowed on hollow friends,and of the cold looks that meet them now,in ad-versity and misfortune.  \n\"Never heed such dismal reminiscences.There are few men who have lived longenough in the world who cannot call up such thoughts any day in the year.Then donot select the merriest of the 365 for your doleful recollections,but draw your chairnearer the blazing fire--fll the glass and send round the song.”  \n\"Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—notupoll your past misfortunes,of which all men have some.Fill your glass again,witha merry face and contented heart.Our life on it,but your Christmas shall be merry,and you","cbCaiqlO3kndIGhF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqlO3kndIGhF","pdf",2529533,24,"English","# Christmas Greetings\n## Phoenix Metal Cap Co. and the holiday card history\n## Press Edition: Phoenix Flame\n## Santa Claus editorial chair and Dickens excerpts","[{\"question\":\"What is the origin of the Christmas card mentioned in the document?\",\"answer\":\"The card is described as believed to be the first one produced in America, originally painted by a Mrs. Whitney for Charles Dickens and sent as a personal greeting to Louis Prang.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Louis Prang expand the greeting cards commercially?\",\"answer\":\"After producing copies for friends and relatives in 1874 and receiving favorable comments, he decided to produce similar greetings commercially the following year and offered prizes for effective designs.\"},{\"question\":\"What theme do the Dickens quotations emphasize about Christmas?\",\"answer\":\"The excerpts highlight Christmas as a time that awakens pleasant associations, encourages charity and forgiveness, and strengthens social feelings and fellowship among people.\"}]","PHOENIX FLAME - Press Edition - Christmas Greetings - serving as a frontis-piece for a Holiday Number | PDF",1790629772,37]