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The Little Prince was written in New York in 1943 by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He was a French aviator who was working and living in the United States at the time of its writing and it was by far his most famous novel. Although the book is considered a simple children’s tale, it is filled with profound riddles that speak to adults as well as children. The book has been translated into over 180 different languages and is one of the best selling books of all time, boasting sales o …

The holidays are here and with such, so are the Christmas inspired postage stamps. Like in the United States, many countries around the world issue Christmas themed postage stamps each year. It is widely believed that Canada issued the first Christmas postage stamps in 1898, although they were not terribly festive looking. Those 2 cent stamps showed a map of the world with areas marked in red that were lands that belonged to the British Empire. The most “Christmas” thing about t …