| Telling someone that they are loved during the | | | | motifs, winter pictures, Father Christmas, or |
| Christmas season is easy with Christmas greeting | | | | romantic scenes of life in past times. |
| messages. Multiple greeting card companies are | | | | Searching for the right words to express to |
| always thinking up new ways to make the | | | | others inside a card can be a lot of fun for many |
| Christmas season special, improving on the | | | | people and makes the holiday season all the |
| variety and type of messages that can be found | | | | merrier. Like the card themselves Christmas |
| inside their Christmas cards. | | | | greeting messages come in various forms. Many |
| The Origin of the Christmas Cards Custom | | | | are sentimental with expressions of love for a |
| The custom of sending Christmas cards began in | | | | special person, some are witty and some are of a |
| London in 1843 when Sir Henry Cole | | | | more religious nature. And then there are the plain |
| commissioned a card with an illustration by John | | | | "Have a Happy Christmas" type messages. The |
| Callcott Horsley. A batch of 1000 cards was | | | | greetings displayed in the card can mean so much |
| printed off and sold for a shilling each. At that | | | | to not only the recipient, but to the sender, as |
| time the focus was more on the picture than on | | | | well. |
| the Christmas greeting message inside. From | | | | Creating Your Own Christmas Cards |
| around 1860, Christmas cards were produced in | | | | For those that like to create their own Christmas |
| larger numbers As printing methods improved. | | | | greeting messages, many cards can be |
| The Development of Christmas Cards | | | | customized on computers, as well as through |
| Traditionally, Christmas cards showed religious | | | | specialty print shops such as Ipads. Many |
| pictures illustrating parts of the Christmas story. | | | | businesses and organizations like to have their |
| The religious aspect became less popular in the | | | | own Christmas greeting messages inside of their |
| late 19th century and cards became more lavish. | | | | holiday cards that are sent to their customers as |
| At the turn-of-the century European Christmas | | | | a form of personalized "thank you" for their |
| postcards were introduced and remained popular | | | | custom during the year. Customizing Christmas |
| for the next 10 years. And from then on designs | | | | greeting messages is a great way to go that |
| and fashions in Christmas Cards and their greeting | | | | extra step and make card selection a bit more |
| messages have developed through the | | | | personal and can be easily and cheaply achieved |
| hand-painted cards were popular during the 1920s | | | | at Costco or Kinkos. |
| and heavily influenced by the Art Deco | | | | In the end, however, it is typically not the card |
| movement, those making fun of poverty and | | | | that makes the season special, but the Christmas |
| prohibition during the 1930s, to more humorous | | | | greeting messages that are within the card so |
| cards that were introduced in the 1950s. Humor | | | | choose them thoughtfully. |
| continues to be popular today, as does religious | | | | |