Christmas Carols USPS Forever Postage Stamp 1 Book of 20 First Class Holiday Celebration Gifts Tradition Song (20 Stamps)

Celebrate the season with four new stamps inspired by some of America's favorite holiday songs: Jingle Bells, check the Halls, Silent Night, and Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. The artist chose images that illustrated a major theme of each of the four carols. A lamb reflects the gentle mood of a silent night. Dressed in its finery, a sleigh horse represents the carol jingle bells. Inspired by the lyrics of Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, the stamp art imagines a child's hopeful monologue with Santa. For the deck, the halls, Christmas lights, and holiday cookies set the mood. Familiar lyrics from each song highlight the individual stamps. The artist first sketched the artwork in pencil and then rendered it as a digital illustration. Many carols have roots in the music of the 15th and 16th centuries. In the 19th century sometimes referred to as the second golden age of Christmas carols many cherished carols were collected, arranged, or published, while many new songs that are today's classics were first written.

Always be equal in value to the first-class one-ounce letter rate These self-adhesive stamps are being issued in books of 20 The stamp art is designed so the stamps are as graphically pleasing in a group as they are individually