Being the son of a lifetime postal worker, no story about postal service inefficiency or lack of business sense could surprise me.

I’m never surprised when the price of a stamp goes up. They waste more money in a day than most of us will ever see in a lifetime.

But this fun fact was interesting: In the 1800′s the Postal Service tried to get congress to ban Christmas Cards. There were just too many, and they didn’t want to deliver them all.

On a semi-related note, the cashier at Wal-Mart the other day said that this year in lieu of cards he’s just going to stick $1 in each envelope with a note explaining that it’s his own little economic stimulus package. I like the spirit!

Source: History Channel