In my point of view, the holidays seem to be all about making connections. Have you ever wondered how the tradition with the holiday cards began" The first holiday card was designed in England, by Sir Henry Cole (a civil servant) and his friend John Callcott Horsley (an artist). Sir Henry helped for the first Public Record Office (today known as Post Office) to be set up and his idea was to be used by the ordinary people.
The first-designed holiday card had three panels and they sold it for 1 shilling (8 cents today). About 1000 holiday cards were printed and sold in that time. With the first postal service for ordinary people in 1840 and with the improving of the printing methods, the holiday card became very popular and they were printed in large numbers. The custom of sending holiday cards had spread over Europe, especially in Germany. In that time, the holiday cards usually had pictures of the Nativity scene, unusual shapes and some things like foil and ribbon. Today the holiday cards have different pictures like jokes, winter houses, snow and Santa Claus.
But, with the massive usage of the mobile phones, the internet and the social networks, the holiday cards lost their meaning. Sadly, but true.
In my opinion, nothing can beat a beautiful handwritten greeting card.
Lucky for us that some of the big firms are trying to keep the holiday card tradition. For them, the holiday card is a piece of branding and advertising too. For this post we’ve chosen to show you...