Christmas cards originated in the UK in 1843. Before that, every Christmas, people could only write Christmas greetings by hand and personally deliver them to the recipient. Later, thanks to the development of the postal system, sending Christmas greetings no longer required much effort.
The world's first greeting card was designed by a London artist, Mr. J. Horsley. His close friend, Sir Henry Cole, asked Horsley to design a beautiful card for him to send to his relatives and friends.
So, in 1843, Horsley introduced the world's first Christmas card. The card was a hand-painted 3-part picture. The middle part depicted a family gathering for a Christmas party and the other two parts depicted poor children being well fed and warmly dressed. On this first Christmas card, the greeting stood out: "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you!" With the above Christmas card design, Henry Cole produced 1,000 cards. At that time, cards were lithographed and colored, so the price was quite expensive. Currently, about 12 cards are still somewhere in personal collections or in museums.
Christmas cards quickly became popular in Britain when the government allowed people to send letters anywhere in the country at low prices. Over the next 10 years, Christmas cards became a fad in Britain and soon spread to Germany. However, it took 30 years for the Americans to adopt the trend.
In 1875, a German printer living in the United States created a high-quality printed card, using 20 mixed colors on one card. He quickly became loved by everyone and was given the title "Father of Christmas Cards". The pictures on his cards were very diverse. Since 1881, he has released about 5 million cards to the market each year. Gradually, with each step of social progress, we have had the hand-held cards as today.
Cards now are not just printed cards, hand-drawn cards, cards made from many materials, but also cards that play music and glow beautifully. You can choose a card, write a wish on it and send it to your loved ones this Christmas.
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