Holiday card

A display of Christmas and New Year cards was unveiled in the occupational health department on the eve of the holiday season. Reproductions of greeting cards from many eras and nations, including the earliest and the Soviet versions, were displayed to the students. From the perspective of Christmas card history Dobson, an English artist, is thought to have designed the first Christmas card in 1794. He handed a buddy the card, which included a family scene with a Christmas tree and a wintery environment. a really early Christmas card. The hand-painted and lithographed card was created in 1843. It depicts a family dining together at a joyful table. The card is one of ten that remain from the original edition of 1000 copies.

The first actual serial card was developed in England in 1840 by civil servant Sir Henry Cole using artwork by a friend of his, the artist John Horsley, to create a unique Christmas card. Sir Henry Cole's family is depicted at the Christmas table in the middle of the card's (12 x 7 cm) actual Christmas triptych, which John Horsley came up with as a way to remind people of the kindness and compassion of this decent English family. Pictures show that the Coles were kind to the needy, giving them food and clothing. "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!" was the caption that resoundingly accompanied the picture.

Christmas.

The postcard was a huge hit. The Coles were paid a shilling for each card and around 1,000 copies of the original were printed; it was a substantial sum of money! The family, however, had the opinion that the popularity of Christmas cards was just a fleeting trend and not a viable company. They were mistaken in that regard. The making of cards underwent a radical transformation beginning in the 1860s. According to historians, Christmas cards were around before. Their model was the widely used Christmas-themed engravings and lithographs from the Middle Ages. Later on in Europe, letters with holiday greetings—sometimes even hand-drawn ones—were sent to one another. Such letters to parents were always written by kids at the end of December. The earliest known business cards, which first appeared in Paris in the middle of the eighteenth century, could be considered the forerunners of Christmas cards. As usual, Paris set the fashion, and business cards quickly spread throughout Europe. All significant addressees received business cards hand delivered on Christmas Eve.

The Franco-Prussian War is credited with giving rise to open letters with stamps on the back in 1870. The Prussian Postmaster General at the time, Heinrich Steffan, recommended such a change "so that no one would write what they please." Soon, picture cards began to replace letters as the primary form of postal communication. The first Christmas cards to arrive in Russia were from England in the 1890s. Only those with no foreign language inscriptions were purchased by enterprising businessmen. Postcards were offered for one ruble or even more, and it was a bother. Later, huge booksellers requested that postcards be printed abroad, primarily in Germany, expressly for Russia.