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In the UK, Christmas cards account for almost half of the volume of greeting card sales, with over 668.9 million Christmas cards sold in the 2008 festive period. [14] In mostly non-religious countries (e.g. Czech Republic), the cards are called New Year Cards ; they are sent before Christmas and the emphasis (design, texts) is mostly given to ...
Christmas cards are illustrated messages of greeting exchanged between friends and family members during the weeks preceding Christmas Day. The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year", much like that of the first commercial Christmas card, produced by Sir Henry Cole in London in 1843. [167]
In 1980, Hallmark Cards acquired Valentine & Sons of Dundee, Scotland, one of the world's oldest publishers of picture postcards. [15] In 1984, it acquired W. N. Sharpe Holdings, a 114–year old British greeting card manufacturer for $52 million. The same year, it acquired Binney & Smith (later Crayola), a manufacturer of crayons for $204 ...
The time-honored tradition of exchanging Christmas cards with family and friends is one that many of us enjoy. It’s a thrill like no other to go to the mailbox each day in December and see those ...
Britain’s beloved royal family has been spreading holiday cheer over the years through their festive season’s greetings cards. Prince William and Duchess Kate often used the special occasion ...
The caption read, “Christmas is coming…Their Majesties are pleased to share this year’s Christmas card, taken by @milliepilkingtonphotography.” 2. The Sussex Family
At Christmas 1873, Prang began creating greeting cards for the popular market in England and began selling the Christmas card in America in 1874; he is sometimes called the "father of the American Christmas card." [4] Prang was an active supporter of female artists, both commissioning and collecting artworks by women.
Jefferson Mays and his wife, Susan Lyons, talk about "A Christmas Carol" and the enduring appeal of Charles Dickens' 180-year ghost story of Christmas in an interview with USA Today Network New ...