New Year's Day at the barracks; Le Petit Journal supplement shows French soldiers receiving New Year's Day cards, January 1897

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In French culture, New Year's Day cards are more commonly exchanged than Christmas Day cards (the reverse of the UK). Published on January 10th 1897, this illustration shows French soldiers receiving New Year's Day cards at their barracks.

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