Scotland's Printing Heritage

Printing for Christmas

Date: Fri 5 Dec 2025 - Fri 5 Dec 2025

Cards, paper, boxes, stamps, decorations, story books like The Snowman … the list is almost endless! This talk at Glasgow University’s ARC will take you through all the ways in which printing helps to make Christmas special followed by family-friendly, festive double feature of The Snowman and Mog’s Christmas. There’s more details and a booking link on Eventbrite.

Did you know?

William Ged died in Edinburgh on 19 October 1749. He had trained as a goldsmith, but pioneered a system of stereotyping, though he was unsuccessful in persuading printers to adopt it. It became a standard process early in the 19th century.