Apart from the food and decorations, Christmas greeting cards are a huge part of the holiday season. At some point in our lives, almost every individual has sent out greeting cards to their friends or family.

Exchanging Christmas greeting cards have become a tradition not only in the United States, but most countries around the world. However, most people don’t even know how this practice started, why and how come it became as important as it is now.

 Let’s try tracing back its roots and find out for ourselves just how important and fascinating Christmas greeting cards have become through the years.

Of course, sending out greeting cards originated in England, through the hands of an Englishman. London was the primary setting for this tradition. English folks were in the practice of sending out greeting cards during the holiday season to their family and friends.

 All of these cards were handwritten or had a personal greeting from the sender. However, there was a busy Englishman named Sir Henry Cole, he didn’t have time to create these cards anymore.  Thus, he commissioned an artist, John Callcott Horsley, to create unique cards for him so that all he would have to do is to sign the card.

 This whole practice was actually practical, up until Horsley caused some controversy because of his depiction of merriment wherein children were seen drinking wine. It placed a sudden end to this practice, but it was later revived in the 20th century by Kate Greenaway.

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