{"id":778,"date":"2015-12-23T12:41:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/?p=778"},"modified":"2015-12-23T12:58:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T12:58:39","slug":"compliments-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/2015\/12\/23\/compliments-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Compliments of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_786\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-786\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-786\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-786\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas3-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"All the Season's blessings\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas3-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas3.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the Season&#8217;s blessings<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Did you know that the Christmas card is an English invention? John Calcott Horsley, painter and illustrator designed the very first card for the commission of Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It seems that we got both the Christmas tree and the Christmas card from the Victorians!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Library Annexe Team wishes everyone a Happy Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_785\" style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-785\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-785\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-785\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas2.jpg\" alt=\"A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you\" width=\"746\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas2.jpg 746w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas2-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_784\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-784\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-784\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-784\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas.jpg\" alt=\"Wishing you a Bright and Happy Christmas\" width=\"525\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas.jpg 525w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/annexe\/files\/2015\/12\/xmas-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wishing you a Bright and Happy Christmas<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Images from &#8220;Compliments of the Season&#8221; by L. D. Ettlinger and R. G. Holloway<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/44UOE_VU1:default_scope:44UOE_ALMA21112387240002466\">Available at Library Annexe (shelf mark <span class=\"EXLAvailabilityCallNumber\">.74168 Ett.)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Viktoria Varga, Library Annexe Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the Christmas card is an English invention? John Calcott Horsley, painter and illustrator designed the very first card for the commission of Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. 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