The History of the Christmas Card | Smithsonian
Dec 9, 2015 · Louis Prang, a Prussian immigrant with a print shop near Boston, is credited with creating the first Christmas card originating in the United States in 1875. It was very different from Cole and...
Christmas card - Wikipedia
The first known Christmas card was sent by Michael Maier to James I of England and his son Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1611. [1] It was discovered in 1979 by Adam McLean in the Scottish Record Office. [2]
The first Christmas card - The Postal Museum
179 years ago the world's first Christmas card was sent. Despite the growing popularity of Christmas greetings sent online, paper cards are still popular. Perhaps it is the personal touch of a handwritten card that keeps this tradition alive.
The Oldest Christmas Card? - Farmers' Almanac
May 2, 2024 · The Oldest Christmas Card? Since 1839, printed Christmas cards have been exchanged. Learn more about how this tradition started!
The History of Christmas Cards - WhyChristmas.com
The first known 'personalised' Christmas Card was sent in 1891 by Annie Oakley, the famous sharpshooter and star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. She was in Glasgow, Scotland at Christmas 1891 and sent cards back to her friends and …
A history of Christmas Cards - The Postal Museum
Dec 13, 2023 · Many of the Christmas traditions we celebrate today, like trees and crackers, all started in the Victorian era. It also when the idea of sending Christmas cards become popular after the first commercially produced Christmas card was created by Sir Henry Cole in 1843. Early Christmas cards were expensive to produce.
John Callcott Horsley: the designer of the first Christmas card
Dec 4, 2016 · The world’s first commercially produced Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley for Henry Cole in 1843. The central picture of the card showed three generations of a family raising toast to the card’s recipient.
First Christmas Card - Sir Henry Cole and The History of Christmas Cards
Dec 8, 2021 · Hallmark made their first Christmas card in 1915, five years after the company opened in 1910. The first commercial Christmas card was invented by Sir Henry Cole and illustrated by John Callcott Horsley in 1843. Hallmark was the first to create a folded card.
The first Christmas card - V&A
Our founding director, Henry Cole, sent the first Christmas card in 1843. We now hold the national collection of cards for all occasions, with over 30,000 examples, more than half of which celebrate Christmas. Discover the origins of this very Victorian tradition.
Christmas Firsts: Christmas Traditions in America - The Old …
Aug 23, 2024 · See the first Christmas card, the first Christmas stamp, the first depictions of Santa Claus, and more ways Christmas traditions started. The very first commercial Christmas card was printed in London, England, in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole, who had hired artist John Callcott Horsley.