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| Vintage Christmas Card |
These Traditions that are generally designed in the Christmas Theme did have a history and a beginning .. The tricky part is finding the beginning of the History of the Christmas Card.
As for the history of what has been put on these Christmas cards it is generally commercial designed for the occasion.. Which means you can have many different depictions of the Nativity theme of Jesus, or have Christian symbols such as the Star of Bethlehem, The 3 wise Men or a White Dove. There is also the cards that represents both the Holy Spirit and Peace too. There are other Christmas cards, through the history that show traditions, of seasonal figures - such as Santa Claus, snowmen, reindeer, Christmas trees, Christmas Ornaments, Snowy landscapes, and the list goes on.. There are objects associated with Christmas such as candles, holly, caroling, shopping, partying, snow falling wildlife of the northern winter, Some secular cards that depict nostalgic scenes of the past - such as the 19th century street-scapes and shoppers, old Christmas trees and children; others might be humorous, particularly in depicting the antics of Santa and his elves.
Now that we know all about what we put on the cards, I thought I would go into when the earliest Christmas Cards/Greeting Cards appeared as we all now it.. It would seem that it was in the 15th century with the first greeting were that of New Year's and Valentines
Although the first Christmas cards as we know them today appeared in the 1800s, the idea wasn’t fabricated from thin air, but was based on some other, older practices. The predecessors to the Christmas card, such as St. Valentine's cards and Christmas letters, paved the way for this newer tradition.
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| Vintage Christmas Card the shiny parts of the card are not Glitter but actually real silver in those days |
The sending of St. Valentine’s cards became a publicly practiced
tradition much sooner. First appearing in the 1400s, by the mid-1500s
they had become popular. People typically made their own Valentines,
writing their own verses or copying from books of verse and decorating
cards with their own drawings or bits of ribbon and lace. The first
manufactured Valentines appeared around the year 1800 and the popularity
of these cards would pave the way for the widespread custom of sending
Christmas cards.
At Christmastime, many people would send letters to friends and family
far away, and children at boarding school would decorate paper and write
letters to show off the writing skills they’d improved upon that term
at school. However, the first official Christmas card was created in
1843 in Britain.
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| Sir Henry Cole and the first Christmas First of 1,000 copies of the first commercial Christmas card |
that could be duplicated and sent to all his acquaintances.
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| Vintage Christmas Card |
However, Prang’s cards were of exceptional quality and used quality
materials, causing the cards to be somewhat pricey. As America became
infatuated with sending Christmas cards, other companies began to flood
the market with cheaper imitations, inspired by the Prang cards. By
1890, Prang was driven out of the market completely and his
card-manufacturing company closed.
Christmas Cards of Today-
It seems that the advent of the postcard was the turning point, when elaborate Victorian-era Christmas cards started to fade away in preference of a simpler Christmas card. The postcards were cheaper and alot easier to send at the time. However, as the times of the 1920's, cards with envelopes started to grow in popularity once again. Yet, even today the Christmas cards today are printed much more simpler than back in the day, no edged with lace or ribbon on the cards like before.
Then the sending to a physical Christmas card has declined even more because of the widespread use of the Internet of email through people personal laptops. Many people later
started sending E-Greeting Cards or E-Cards, which are basically electronic Internet cards. Now some of this E-Cards would have music and animation within the via email. Which many people now choose to send instead of the real Christmas Cards, with close to 2-billion Christmas cards are still being sent each year in the United States alone. The Nostalgic,
Sentimental and Religious type of images have continued in popularity even into the 21st century with some being reproductions of the ancient Victorian and Edwardian Christmas cards, which it seems that are still easy to obtain these days.
The Modern Christmas Cards can be bought individually, however they are also sold in packs of the same or varied designs. In recent decades the changes in technology may be the huge
responsible and decline of the Christmas Card! Sadly it is estimated the number of cards that
are received by American households are dropping from 29% in 1987 to 20% in the year 2004.
It seems that Emails and telephones, IPhone allow for more frequent contact and are much more easier for the general use, then the ones who were raised without hand writing skills for letter writing. Especially given the availability of websites now offering FREE email Christmas E-Cards. However, even with the decline, over 1.9 billion cards of all kinds were sent in the U.S in 2005 alone. It seems that in the UK, Christmas Cards account for almost half of the volume of greeting card sales, with about over 668.9 million Christmas cards sold in the 2008 festive period. In most non-religious countries like that of Czech Republic, the Christmas card are rather called more like New Year Cards, however they are sent before the Christmas holiday and the emphasis is mostly given to the New Year - omitting any religious symbols in these cards.
As the Christmas season comes many businesses, from the small local to the multi-national
Enterprises send Christmas cards to their employee's as a way to develop a general goodwill and to reinforce social networks. There is also organizations that produce special Christmas cards as a fundraising tool too! The most famous of these enterprises is probably the UNICEF Christmas card program, launched in 1949, which selects artwork from internationally known artists for card reproductions. The UK-based Charities Advisory Trust gives out an annual "Scrooge Award" to the cards that return the smallest percentage to the charities they claim to support although it is not universally well received by the Christmas card producers.
Christmas Cards of Today-
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| Modern day Christmas Card |
Then the sending to a physical Christmas card has declined even more because of the widespread use of the Internet of email through people personal laptops. Many people later
started sending E-Greeting Cards or E-Cards, which are basically electronic Internet cards. Now some of this E-Cards would have music and animation within the via email. Which many people now choose to send instead of the real Christmas Cards, with close to 2-billion Christmas cards are still being sent each year in the United States alone. The Nostalgic,
Sentimental and Religious type of images have continued in popularity even into the 21st century with some being reproductions of the ancient Victorian and Edwardian Christmas cards, which it seems that are still easy to obtain these days.
The Modern Christmas Cards can be bought individually, however they are also sold in packs of the same or varied designs. In recent decades the changes in technology may be the huge
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| Email Image of a Christmas Card Modern time Christmas Card in the 21th Century |
are received by American households are dropping from 29% in 1987 to 20% in the year 2004.
It seems that Emails and telephones, IPhone allow for more frequent contact and are much more easier for the general use, then the ones who were raised without hand writing skills for letter writing. Especially given the availability of websites now offering FREE email Christmas E-Cards. However, even with the decline, over 1.9 billion cards of all kinds were sent in the U.S in 2005 alone. It seems that in the UK, Christmas Cards account for almost half of the volume of greeting card sales, with about over 668.9 million Christmas cards sold in the 2008 festive period. In most non-religious countries like that of Czech Republic, the Christmas card are rather called more like New Year Cards, however they are sent before the Christmas holiday and the emphasis is mostly given to the New Year - omitting any religious symbols in these cards.
As the Christmas season comes many businesses, from the small local to the multi-national
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| Merry Christmas Email Card |
There are many countries will produce official Christmas stamps, just for the holiday season, which may be brightly colored and depict some aspect of the Christmas tradition or a Nativity scene. Small Decorative stickers are also made to seal the back of envelopes, typically showing a trinket of some symbol of Christmas. It seems that is 2004 the German post office gave away 20 million free scented stickers to make Christmas cards smell of a fir Christmas tree, Cinnamon, gingerbread, a honey-wax candle , a baked apple and finally an orange. So
if you think about it the History of the Christmas Card has come a long way...
I hope that you Enjoyed the post and the history.
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| Modern Christmas Cards |
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