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Sending Christmas cards started in England in 1843. Before this time, people used to send private notes wishing Merry Christmas, this was also done for births and to wish a happy new year.\n

Sir Henry Cole was a busy man and did not have the time to write personal messages for Christmas in 1843, although he didn’t want to just not send any.\n

So he hired an artist called John Calcott Horsley and got him to design a card which could be sent off straight away.\n

The First Christmas Card\n

\"The\n

The first Christmas card created had hand drawn images of adults and children raising their wine glasses in a toast.\n

It also had some religious symbols on it. For example, sprigs of holly symbolize chastity, while ivy symbolizes places God has walked.\n

The message underneath the picture was “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.”\n

There were one thousand of these cards printed and was sold in only a few stores in London, only one of the original cards still exists today.\n

There are 2 reasons for the initial popularity of Christmas cards.\n

\"There\n

The custom may have caught on because greetings could be mailed for a penny each in 1843, London.\n

The other reason is attributed to a scandal with Horsley’s design.\n

A family, surrounded with religious symbols, holding glasses of wine, offended some. The controversy is thought to have helped promote Cole’s idea.\n

So really we send Christmas cards because it’s better than just writing personal notes to people. They look attractive and it doesn’t take much time to wish people important to you a merry Christmas.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever thought about why we send Christmas Cards to people we know? When was the first one and how did they gain in popularity? It\u2019s certainly crossed my mind when I\u2019m filling out my 50th card! Let\u2019s find out more together.\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"0","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"9209,231413,227728,201571","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"category":[12,17],"tags":[444,38],"topics":[145,148],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays-celebrations","category-religion","tag-big-questions","tag-christmas","topics-christmas-history","topics-christmas-traditions","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"acf":{"tfs_social_fact":"The first Christmas card created had hand drawn images of adults and children raising their wine glasses in a toast.","tfs_pinterest_description":"Every year we receive Christmas cards from our loved ones. Christmas cards have been around since the mid 19th Century in England. The first card was designed by an artist named John Calcott Horsley and depicted a family and children around a dinner table drinking wine. Did you ever wonder why we send cards in the first place? Keep reading to find out. #TheFactSite #Facts #ChristmasCards #Christmas #ChristmasHistory #ChristmasTraditions","tfs_pinterest_image":206643,"tfs_sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas_card","title":"Wikipedia","no_follow":false}],"tfs_previous_post_link":false,"tfs_next_post_link":false,"is_trending":true,"trending_dates":[{"importance":"7","trending":"FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=99991231T000000;DTSTART=19700101T000000;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=SA;BYMONTH=12;BYSETPOS=1"}],"tfs_guest_author":false,"is_simple_trending":true,"importance":"5","trend_by":"exact_date","exact_dates":[{"repeats":true,"date":"20201202","importance":"7"},{"repeats":true,"date":"20201203","importance":"6"},{"repeats":true,"date":"20201204","importance":"5"},{"repeats":true,"date":"20201205","importance":"4"},{"repeats":true,"date":"20201206","importance":"3"}],"fact_checker":false},"yoast_head":"

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