Christmas Card

A Christmas card is a greeting card that is characterized by a Christmas greetings and wishes for the coming new year.

Around the world it is a use to get around Christmas family and friends to send a Christmas card. ==Where did it come from?[ Edit] == The release of a Christmas message is older than one might think. In the middle ages were on the European mainland woodcarvings with religious Christmas scenes offered to loved ones or Castle Lords.

Sending Christmas-new year's greetings comes actually from the 19th century. The English artist John Callcott Horsley made in 1843 the first Christmas card with the catchy text "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You." (Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you) This first map showed a Christmas celebration of a family.

In the United States began in Germany born busier Louis Prang about 1875 with the mass producing Christmas cards. These cards were very popular with the American public and sending Christmas cards became a fact.

In Netherlands the Amsterdam bookseller offered Koster in 1873 as the first greeting cards to, only focused on new year. They contain a wish in rhyme form. Read children still in Belgium with a new year's letter for new year to their family.

Sending greeting cards around the holidays provides annually for peak periods at the post office. In Netherlands in 2003 were more than 210 million Christmas cards sent. ==International[ Edit] == In many countries are with Christmas postcards sent; Sometimes this homemade cards (where the computer is often used as a tool). On these maps are the usual Christmas wishes, below they are listed per language.


 * Geseënde Kersfees and African: ' n nuwe happy years
 * Zoriontsuak eta urte berri Basque: Gabon on
 * God jul og godt nytår Danish:
 * Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches German: neues Jahr
 * English: Merry Christmas & a happy New Year
 * Häid jõule ja head uut Estonian: aastat
 * Hyvää Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Finnish: Vuotta
 * Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année French:
 * Buon Natale e Felice Anno Italian: Nuovo
 * Čestit Božić i Croatian: sretna Nova godina
 * Modern Greek (Ελληνικά): Καλά Χριστούγεννα και ευτυχισμένος ο Καινούριος Χρόνος
 * Papiamento: Bon Bon Aña Nobo Pasku y un Felis/Pasco y un Felis Aña Nobo
 * Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Polish: Roku
 * Boas Festas e um feliz PortugueseAno novo
 * С Новым годом Russian: и с Рождеством Христовым!
 * Spanish: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
 * Chúc mừng Giáng Sinh Vietnamese:
 * God Jul och Gott Nytt Swedish: År