Were Christmas cards a problem in 1822?

In America in 1822, the postmaster of Washington, DC, complained that he had to add 16 mailmen at Christmas to deal with cards alone. He wanted the number of cards a person could send limited by law. "I don't know what we'll do if this keeps
on," he wrote.
 
Charles Mims
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