A Christmas Carol | Compare and Contrast

  • 1843: The world's first Christmas cards are sent out by Henry Cole, a director of a London museum.

    Today: Millions of Christmas cards are sent out each year by families and business, but many people are replacing paper cards with animated Internet cards.

  • 1843: The squalid courts and cheap food shops of a London area dubbed "Porridge Island" are cleared away for a development area called Trafalgar Square, in honor of Lord Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.

    Today: Trafalgar Square...

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