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This message, the oldest known Christmas-related sound recording in the world, was made by Colonel George Gouraud, Thomas Edison's sales agent in England, on December 21, 1888.
Have you ever wondered how the British imperial Queen Victoria sounded like?
And here, a voice recording of Tsar Nicholas II: "Brothers! Thank you for the nice parade!"
William Ewart Gladstone, often regarded as one of the greatest British Prime Minister, recorded his greetings to Edison, on a Yellow Parafine Wax Cylinder (later molded to a Blue Amberol copy), December 18th, 1888.
And here is Albert Einstein
