Retro Christmas Card

I am in process of scanning a large stack of family photos. I came across a vintage Christmas Card:

I find a couple things very remarkable:

1. It was economical to do photo Christmas cards back in the 1950’s.
2. Things haven’t changed that much as compared to today. The most common photo Christmas cards today are plug in chug. You pick the card and pick the photo.
3. We still just send pictures of our pets and children.

In contrast, here is mine from this year.