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Speaking previously with Express.co.uk, curator Joanna Espin said: “What makes the stamp album really special is that it’s something Freddie put together himself and shows a lot of creativity from early years. The way he put the album together is quite different from a classic, traditional stamp album because it was more about the colours

Earliest letter to Santa Claus found in 1896 Christmas edition of the Grantham Journal Published: 12:00, 24 December 2020 The earliest example of a long-standing Christmas tradition can be found in a copy of the Grantham Journal dating back to the 1800s. During research into a programme for BBC Radio 4 about letters to Santa written across the world, a story in the Grantham Journal published on Christmas Eve in 1896 has been revealed as the very first mention in this country of a letter written to Santa. Joanna Espin, the curator at The Postal Museum in London, was interviewed for the progr...

BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media image captionJoanna Espin from the Postal Museum said there has been a "big increase" in letters to Santa this year What is believed to be the first letter written to Santa in the UK has been discovered in the archives of a Lincolnshire newspaper. The letter was written by a girl in 1895 asking for a paint set. Her note to Father Christmas was reported in the Grantham Journal which told its readers that "the trustful little correspondent received her box of paints". The report was found by Joanna Espin, curator of the Postal Museum in London.