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Merry Christmas, baby: Margaret recalls Justin Trudeau's 1st Noel

Christmas cards mailed by politicians have become a seasonal tradition, but one card from 1972 stands out for what it meant then and what it means now. It features Justin Trudeau when he was a baby boy.

Card recalls how Prime Minister celebrated his first birthday on Christmas Day at 24 Sussex

Justin Trudeau's 1st Christmas card

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Politicians' Christmas cards have become a seasonal tradition, but one card from 1972 stands out for what it meant then and what it means now. Julie Van Dusen report.

Christmascards mailed by politicians havebecome a seasonaltradition, but one cardfrom 1972 stands out for what it meant then and what it means now.

Adiapered baby missing one shoe was on the official Christmascard sent out by the prime minister of the day, Pierre Trudeau.The baby's mother was 23 at the time.

Today,MargaretTrudeaurecalls issuing a card thatdidn't quitefit the usual protocol,but how she loved that photo of her smiling sonJustin.(His brother,Alexandre, a filmmakerwho is two years younger than Justin,was also born Dec. 25).

This 1972 Christmas card featured then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau's baby boy Justin wearing a diaper and a big smile. (CBC News)

"He was a sunny, sunny little happy boy," Margaret Trudeau told CBC News reporter Julie Van Dusen about the son who would become prime minister.

Van Dusen had the card because her father worked on Parliament Hill for years and her mother tucked it awayfor safe keeping.

Trudeau saidher babywas "celebrated" and that first Noelwas a magical time. Christmas Day was also Justin's first birthday.

So why was hemissing one shoe? Trudeau says her son must have pulled it off as many babies do.

Inside the card was the simple message "The First Noel..." and the signature: Pierre, Margaret and Justin Trudeau.

The simple message inside the Trudeau family Christmas card in 1972. (CBC News)

This year,for his holiday cardPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has chosen a montage of shots with his wife Sophie and theirthree children.

A 2015 holiday card issued by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Prime Minister's Office)

Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose and her family are featured in her card in a series of shots cuddling on the couch, alpine skiing and horseback riding.

The front of the holiday card for the Leader of the Opposition Rona Ambrose. (Handout/Canadian Press)

And NDP Leader Tom Mulcairposes in his2015 holiday card in front a roaring fire with his wife Catherine.

NDP Leader and wife Catherine in this year's holiday card.

And, since it is 2015, there's also always Twitter.