First Christmas Card~2014

First Christmas Card~ 

One of the first
Greeting Christmas
Cards 1870
Victorian

Good Afternoon my dear Friends & Followers, Happy December 1, '2014' and for today's post I thought I would start with a tale of the First Christmas Card. It seems that sending Christmas cards began in the Victorian period. However, there were wood engraves that produced Christmas prints with religious themes in Europe in the Middle Ages first. 
Some have said these were the very first commercial Christmas & New Years Cards. There more my Friends! It is believed that these were designed and printed in London, England in the year 1843. The man who did these was prints was John Horsley, a British narrative painter and Royal Academician too. It seems that John Horsley had designed these very first Christmas cards in England between 1843-1903 the day of his death. I also discovered that these first Christmas cards were produced at the request of his friend - Sir Henry Cole. 
Sir Henry Cole had suggested to his friend, John the idea of a special design to be sent to all of their friend at Christmas. So in the year 1843 there was a special edition (Christmas Card) made of 1,000 cards. These cards were printed and placed for sale in London to see what would happen? Well it seems at the time it worked very well. All those 1,000 cards that went on sale back in 1843 must have been a hit, because it seems that just one of those first cards that were sent in the late 1800's are

This is a copy of what those 1,000 cards
that were sent to friend back in 1843
And that 1 of 18 that are still in exist 167-years
was sold for 7,000$ pretty good for
and old Christmas Xmas Card Eh!

Collector items today it the 21-century. There is known of 18 of those 1,000 card that still exist - 167 years ago.  One of those such Christmas cards was auctioned off by Sotheby's in 2010 and sold for 7,000$. What I found interesting about the first Christmas Cards, was actually two things:
1- The fact that after 167years out of 1,000 cards there are still 18 still in exist with our computer age.
2-The second is or fact - I found that though there was much excitement with the making and sending of the first Christmas cards, it wasn't an instant success. It even brought disapproval from the temperance League who feared the new Cards! would encourage Drunkenness!
It doesn't stop there! It seems that the following year - 1844 there were other picture makers and the Christmas Card was launched on the tide of Popular favor. However, it wasn't  until the idea had grown out of favor among artist and literary circles that it was taken up by a
Business 'man' by the name of Goodall. 
This Business man Goodall and his company - Charles Goodall & Son was an highly known British publishing company in London at the time. Goodall and his company was one of the first to mass produce Christmas Cards to be sent World wide.

Then in 1866 is when Mr. Josiah Goodall commissioned Marcus & Company for an Lithograph for his company. This is what set in motion the many designers and the following years after that in Goodall company as the forerunners of today's Christmas Cards of TODAY!

I hope that you all found the founders of the First Christmas Card

Fun and interesting! I hope to find more fun Holiday type of 

Posts throughout the month of December for you all

And I want to give you all thanks for being such wonderful 

Friends & Followers throughout these up coming 2-years. You have 

Been so supportive of me and my humble Blog - FaeriesDragons&theUnseen.

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart 

I love you all very much YOUR WENDY

The First Christmas Greeting Card
over 167 years ago 

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Christmas Greeting Card
of 1950

Christmas Greeting Card
of 1947

Christmas Greeting Card
1906

Christmas Greeting Card
of 1940

Christmas Greeting Card
in 1940

Picture of children looking in
Christmas window in 1910

Christmas Greeting Card
of 1904

Christmas Greeting
Card of the 1900's

Christmas Greeting
Card of 1912

Christmas Greeting
Card of 1885
Victorian Period

Christmas Greeting
Card of 1900

Christmas Greeting
Card of 1860 

Dagda-The Good God-

Dagda-The Good God-

God Dagda

Hello my dear Friends & Followers, for today's post I am going to bring you into the Celtic World of Dagda the father of  all the Celtics...
It seems that Dagda 'The Good God' was the preeminent Irish God and Father ruler of the Tuatha De' Danann. Besides being an Irish God and Father ruler of sorts it seems he could assume the older deity of himself too. So I would say that Dagda the Irish God got around in the ancient times in Ireland.
He did have other names too, however I am going to stick with the Dagda the Irish so that it doesn't get to confusing as some of these Gods in all Cultures can be sometimes... Too keep it simple keeps it easier for you my dear Friends and followers to read and Enjoy is my goal in my tales and stories of the different cultures of the Gods/Goddess ... I hope that works for you all Wendy..
While doing his tale I found that there was two stories about the Good God as the say... First I would have to say that Dagda is the most prominent of all the Celtic Gods, is the Leader of the Tuatha De' Danann . He was also consider the God of Earth and Treaties, an Master of Magic, plus a fearsome warrior too.

 The Irish God Dagda was also considered the ruler over all Life and Death, Time and Protector  of the Crops of Ireland too. I also discovered that Dagda was the son of the Goddess Danus & the God Elada, father of the Goddess Brigid and God Aengus - his wife was Morrigan with whom mates only on News Year's Day. Intriguing that Dagda wife being the Red Morrigan Eh! well onward... I found that Quote that the Good God, had a insatiable need for women and food. He was portrayed wearing a brown tunic that reached his hips, and his was very proud of showing his private area too, while walking with a hooded cape that covered his shoulders and ware horse boots. Some believed he to be more of a crude and comical Irish God. So one would wonder is this God Dagda-The Good God truly the Prominent Celtic God and Earth God that the Irish would call an Good God.. To me its a bit confusing. But lets go on with the legend shall we...As I told you before he is a Master of Magic. The God Dagda had possessed three magick accoutrement's that were very important to him - The best known was his gigantic  phallic club which had the power to kill with one blow; although when reversed, a strike with the handle of the club it could give the dead - return to life. So say that the club of

The goddess Boann who
they had a son together
out of wedlock the
God of Love
'Forever Young

 Dagda was so huge that it needed to be dragged about on a wheeled cart. His second magick prize was his Large Cauldron, which he would call 'Coire Ansic'. It was said that he had it always filled with whatever one desired to eat and it could never be emptied.
Finally his third and most prized possession was the Daurdabla, his magical Harp, in-which he named Uaithne, that he used to summon the seasons and played three types of music power to bring great joy & dreaming, great sorrow or profound prophetic sleep.
I also discovered in the legend of the God Dagda, there was a well know myth about him. Remember how much he loves the ladies, well this is one of those tales, Its seems that he went after the Goddess Boann [Elcmar's wife]. Well as the tale goes he had been with her so many times he had to stop because the Goddess Boann got pregnant with the God Dagda child. So afraid of being caught, during the nine months of her pregnancy the God Dagda kept away for a little while... until Aenghus - the (God of Love) was born. This is why Aegnus is always known a 'Forever young'- That is another tale that I think would be fun..
Like I have said before the God Dagda had huge appetites and these were both for his love of  food and women, he was insatiable.  Besides his food & women he also played a important part during the war against the Fomorians. Lugh had sent Dagda to spy on the Fomorians he also asked the God if he would distract them while they were in Ireland getting ready for the war. It seems that on his way to the Fomorian's war camps, he saw a most beautiful woman by the Unshim River in Corann, washing her feet. It just happened to be Morrigan. Well we all know about the

Morrigan 

Morrigan don't we! I have done many of posts on this fine lady. Well it seem that the God Dagda and the Morriagan got it on! you could say.. They had sex many of times and after they were done, the Morriagn told Dagda about the Fomorian's plans of the war. There were many different myths & legends with this God Dagda with his love of women and food.

Dagda God
Magick Club/Cauldron

It seemed that the God would go to great lengths to have any woman that he wanted or food. It brings me to thing on the part they say Dagda-The Good God.. Why? well in my opinion he was more of the crude God that had a insatiable appetite women that weren't his for the taking at the times. The Irish God would go after other gods wife's and some much more..  Well I hope that You found this to be interesting my dear Friends & Followers.

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TipsFromtheGarden~DiscovertheHiddenTreasuresinYourOwnGardenEvenintheWinter~

TipsFromtheGarden~

 DiscovertheHiddenTreasures-inYourOwnGarden
EvenIntheWinter~

The Winterberry  in a deep Freeze
On my wish list of plants 

In today's post, in TipsFromtheGarden~ I am going to

try to help you discover the hidden treasures in your own Gardens...

The thing about making you own Backyard an hidden treasure of Nature,

its really about making you Yard an Oasis so that you won't have to 

Travel too far to make your own bit of Paradise.

I believe that you can make your own yards, backyards or porch's

(like what I have), an little Oasis. An place that you don't have to get

into an car, plane, ship; to get away from the chaos of everyday life. 

Instead you can simply escape to the outdoors, by one or two steps

Into you own backyard Oasis....

First take in the sight of your own space that you You have!

Make sure that you can see your little Paradise by a good view from inside

your windows. What this means - Can you sit and Enjoy your backyard

Oasis during the cold winter months of the year. 

So if you can't get outside to enjoy your Oasis, during those winter months and just 

 can get out to maintain your garden. Find a nice easy chair or soft comfy soft

That is near the windows, so that you can open (the window just a crack) 

and listen to the wondrous sounds of nature outside. During the 

winter it can be very relaxing to just sit and listen to the sounds 

of outside; like that of the rain, wind, and even falling snow . I can be so

quite yet you can still hear the snow coming down. You must try it. It 

is amazing.. Also the sounds of the wind hitting the branches on the

outside trees too. For me, I love to listen to my Anne hummingbirds

in the winter... Yes even in the winter time. And today it snowed 

November 29, 2014 first day of snow in Washington Kent amazing. But of course

my Anne Hummers were right at my two feeders that I have keep clean

and full for them. There are other wondrous birds to listen too.. 

The winter brings these to your winter Oasis Gardens...

 ~Your Oasis Garden in Winter Outside~

If you get the courage to go outside on those few 

nice days during the fall and winter months of Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb and Early March

Take a listen to what is going on in your garden, yards, backyards, and 

Porch's too. Sometimes if you truly listen carefully you can 

discover that you have a symphony choir of chirping birds, humming bees,

High-Pitch tones of the Anne hummingbirds, the soft breeze that 

drifts through your wind chimes, even the splash of a little cold water

from a fountain you might have - across you face just showing you alive...

During either the summer months or winter you can hear the 

wondrous laughter of children laughter as the play summer games

or the winter ones. And the delight when it does snow...

~Play Games~ 

During each season of the months, you can make different 

fun activities in your Garden.

This will how you will Enjoy your garden that much More!

During the Summer Months, you can kick -off your saddles and just feel

the cool grass under your toes when; your watering you plants. 

Throw around a Frisbee or Football. Grab a mallet and pretend your 

in the world of 'Alice in Wonderland' by playing croquet in the 

Queen of Hearts. ( loved that game as a kid! and still do now!)

There is the Classic games; water balloons, climbing trees, water guns,

baseball, hide&seek and there of course is the favorite 

Planting new plants in your Garden too.

During the Fall Months, Its always fun too make big mounds of leaves

that have fallen then have great games of jumping into the mounds

of leaves. There is also great Fall plants to that you can

look for at your local nursery. And you can have a look a some of 

my other posts that I have done on TipsFromtheGarden~

They have many ideas of Fall planting too.

During the Winter Months, if it snows its always fun to make

snow angles, snowman and having snowball fights with your kids. 

These will also give you great memories in your Own Oasis that 

you will cherish for years to come...

Also there is also many different kinds of beautiful 

winter type of plants too .. like my favorite 

The Winterberry...

~The bucket list~

It seems that most of the world is consumed by doing their
'Bucket List' before they died. I have been hearing this term on T.V.
different shows too. I believe if you get to consumed by getting a quote'
a LIST or Bucket LIST done. That is all that your going to allow
time for yourself too do in life. Rush! Rush! Rush!
Must get my Bucket List done before I died; hustle hustle is the game
Of Society to Day! 

It hardly seems like anyone these days would even allow themselves
to just sit back in an cozy chair and just relax and do nothing at All!
This is what I mean by why Society has lost touch with themselves
and just to enjoy life that was given to them..
Just lean back in your favorite cozy chair, in your own Oasis that you have
made for yourself in maybe your garden lets say. And just lean back and take in
the beauty of Nature within your yard. Watch the leaves and branches blow in
the wind as the sunlight filters through the canopy of the trees.
Or just listen to the wondrous birds that make the most
beautiful sounds that only nature could do.
And there is the beauty of perfumes  of the flowers and the
hummingbirds that can do the most amazing flying dance that no other birds can!
All of these should be just enough  to remind you that the simplest
Things in life can and are often the BEST! 

~Planting for your Oasis~

If You've planted with an eye toward attracting wildlife and Birds, you'll
reap rich rewards... Grasp a pair of Binoculars and watch a mother bird
feed her young. Watch you might even get lucky like me and have
bird eggs and be able to watch them hatch and the whole process it is
amazing thing to see. If you have a watch fountain you will bring in
lots of different kinds of birds too. Learn about the different kinds of plants
that will attract the different kinds of birds, butterflies and bees too Once
you have learn about all this you will have the best little Oasis of your own!
~Search for Treasures~

Nest in my Oasis
two of four baby eggs that
were hatch that one summer 

Expected Treasures in Your Own backyard are the Best!
Like for me one summer when I came upon two treasures  of
two nests with 4 blue eggs and then got to watch them all hatch
and grow into adult birds..
  There are many other little or big treasure's that
you may find in you Oasis.
So love the time that you have on this Big beautiful Earth

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