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The tradition of Christmas cards

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   In 2017, people in Britain sent and received about 900 million cards.
   

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   The number of cards that are sent around Britain causes an annual headache for the postal service.
   

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   Each year, the postal service has to take on seasonal staff to help with the extra mail, and postal sorting offices are stretched to their maximum capacity and sometimes beyond it.
   

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   In spite of advertisements telling people to "Post Early for Christmas", few people get around to sending off their cards before December 10.
   

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   “Urgent" letters and documents took several days to reach their destination by post, slowed down by the mass of Christmas mail.
   

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   For the most part, however, people of all faiths and of no faith join in the tradition of celebrating Christmas as a festival, whether they do so for religious reasons or not.
   

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   Christmas time is merrily decorated not just with holly and mistletoe and paper decorations, but also with a display of Christmas cards, received from friends.
   

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   Until the age of faxes, emails and social media, the pre-Christmas period often caused a lot of problems for firms and industry.
   

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   In 1994, the service handled about 1.6 billion cards – about 25 cards per person in Great Britain, including children.
   

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   During the month of December in Britain, a house with no Christmas cards is like a pub with no beer.
   

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   In Great Britain , many people send Christmas cards in respect of Christmas festivity. About twelve cards per person would amount to how many cards and about 1.6 billion cards would amount to how many for each person when shared ?
   

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   During the month of December in the pre-information age , firms and industry often encounter problems. Why is that?
   

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   Christmas cards are a big part of the Christmas celebration. Could this be the only object used in Christmas decorations ?