An 1891 Woolson Spice card. (Photo: eBay) There isn’t a concrete origin story of Santa Claus trading cards, but some of the first examples in the United States date back to the late 1800s.

"We are Mr. and Mrs. Claus," Hayes said. She said the Voncannon Christmas Light Show began as a trial run in 2021. "It went all so well we’ve just kept doing it," Hayes said.