The custom of sending Christmas cards started in Victorian England. Earlier, some adults had written Christmas letters. But letters took time to write; and people wanting to share season's greetings with many others had a daunting task.
The custom of sending Christmas cards started in the U.K. in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole.
when did the custom of sending Christmas cards to friends, colleagues and relatives appear?
The purpose of sending Christmas Cards to anyone (including acquaintances) is to wish them well during the Holiday season.
The United States has a tradition of mailing Christmas cards to friends and family in December. With its large Christian population top sales in Christmas cards is likely to be the USA year after year.
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In US people were exchanging Christmas cards in person early on in the country's history.They start sending cards through mail when US mail originated in 1792. In 1822 people send so many cards that Superintendent sent a petition to congress to limit the number of cards that can be sent by mail.
With the advent of the internet and social networking sites, fewer people are sending Christmas Cards. For those that are, sources for elegant Christmas cards are art gallery shops and craft or artisan Christmas markets. They can also be sourced online and are sold by Amazon.
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December tends to be the month that Christmas cards are most popular in the UK. Other months when Christmas cards are popular are in late November when you may start sending them out, and early January when they would go on sale in stores.
Yes, if they want to. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) celebrate Christmas, and many send Christmas cards since it is a popular tradition in many countries. The Church and Church officials also send Christmas cards.
Christmas is the largest card-sending holiday in the United States with approximately 1.6 billion cards sent annually.
First, it should be noted that presidents have been regularly sending out White House Christmas cards for more than 100 years; only a few presidents sent them out before that. These cards are usually sent out by bulk-rate mail, and were created in response to all the cards the public sent to the White House at Christmas. President Obama has continued the tradition of sending out an official Christmas card. Included in their salary, presidents get an allowance for mailing out official communication, although they do not have franking privilege. However, Christmas cards are generally not considered official communication. In some cases in the recent past, the president has paid for the cards and postage, while in other cases his party did (President Reagan, for example, got help from the Republican National Committee in paying for the cards and postage). Mr. and Mrs. Obama seem to have paid for many of the cards themselves, but they undoubtedly received some funds from the Democratic Party.