Christmas card
The Christmas card is a greeting card with Christmas motifs. The motifs can be religious like the Star of Bethlehem , scenic like snowy forests or humorous like Santa Claus on his sleigh and much more.
history
In London , in December 1843 , Sir Henry Cole commissioned the illustrator John Callcott Horsley to create a Christmas card for him with the text Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You . Horsley was inspired by the shape of an altarpiece and composed the picture of a family celebration in the size of 5.7 × 3.3 inches , framed by branches and vines, which conveyed happiness and charity to the viewer. Sir Henry Cole, who owned his own lithographic company, printed 1000 cards of this motif in a hand-colored edition and sold them at the then horrific price of 1 shilling each. At auction in November 2001, one of these cards was sold for a record £ 22,500.
In 1840, the Penny Post was introduced in Great Britain with the first postage stamp , which later made the sending of Christmas cards very popular.
In the USA , the first Christmas cards were printed by Louis Prang in Boston in 1874 . Prang improved color printing and used up to twenty different colors. He introduced other formats and organized competitions for the artistic design of his Christmas cards. The high quality of his products and the soulful texts on the inside made him a successful entrepreneur. In 1880 he produced more than 5 million greeting cards a year.
In Germany , large quantities of Christmas cards were produced for export , but until the First World War Germans mainly sent so-called wish sheets for Christmas. These were letterheads with printed border ornaments and often a picture in which handwritten greetings or poems were inserted.
Christmas cards in business
Christmas cards are also used in companies for customer loyalty and networking . LAB & Company asked 531 German executives in a study . 86% of the respondents said they were happy about the Christmas cards. Handwritten cards are particularly popular. Only 15% of those surveyed did not send a single business Christmas card themselves.
International
International Christmas wishes:
- Albanian : Gëzuar Krishtlindjet dhe Vitin e Ri
- Afrikaans : Geseende Kerfees en 'n successful nuwe jaar
- Basque : Gabon Zoriontsuak eta urte berri on
- Chinese : 圣诞 快乐 ， 恭 贺新禧
- Danish : God jul og godt nytår
- German : Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- English : Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
- Esperanto : Gajan kristnaskon kaj feliĉan novan jaron
- Estonian : Häid jõule ja head uut aastat
- Finnish : Hyvää Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
- French : Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année
- Italian : Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo
- Croatian Sretan Bozic i sretna nova godina
- Modern Greek (Ελληνικά): Καλά Χριστούγεννα και ευτυχισμένος ο Καινούριος Χρόνος
- Dutch : Prettige kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar
- Polish : Wesołych Świąt i Szczęsliwego Nowego Roku
- Portuguese : Boas Festas e um feliz Ano novo
- Portuguese Brazilian : Feliz Natal e um feliz Ano Novo
- Romanian : Craciun Fericit si un An Nou Fericit
- Russian : С Новым Годом и Рождеством! (Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! In Russia , the New Year comes first (31.12-01.01) and then Christmas (06.01-07.01))
- Swedish : God Jul och Gott Nytt År
- Spanish : Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
- Czech : Veselé Vánoce a Šťastný Nový rok
- Turkish : Noeliniz ve yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun.
- Hungarian : Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket és boldog új évet
- Vietnamese : Chúc mừng Giáng Sinh
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC announcement: Christmas card sold for record price
- ↑ How managers network . Financial Times Germany. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved on November 23, 2011.
