Dec 29, 2009

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...