Christmas in July 2022 - Day 5

 

CIJ day 5

Some facts about Christmas cards… I went through a lot and found the following the most interesting (most were found here: christmas_card_infographic.pdf (hubspot.net))

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AWARDS CEREMONY.

Named after greeting-card godfather Louis Prang, the Louie Awards are the Oscars of the card industry and are given out every May at the National Stationery Show in recognition of cards with maximum design excellence, emotional impact, and “sendability.”

THERE’S AN ALL-TIME BEST SELLER.

According to Hallmark, a simple image of three angels—one looking at the reader, the other two praying—that adorned a 1977 release has gone on to become the single most popular card of all time, selling more than 34 million copies.

HALLMARK INVENTED THE FOLDED CARD.

By the early 20^th century, holiday greetings were still of the postcard-type variety. The Hall Brothers, who founded what would later be known as Hallmark in 1910, began issuing cards that were folded down the middle and stuffed into envelopes. The reason? People were having a hard time expressing all of their thoughts on the relatively small cards from other manufacturers. Hallmark virtually doubled the writing real estate, and soon became synonymous with the holiday market.

POSTMEN WERE CALLED ROBINS

Postmen in Victorian England were called robins because their uniforms were red. Many Christmas cards from that time depicted a robin delivering Christmas mail

THE FIRST WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS CARD

The first official White House Christmas card was issued in1953 by President Eisenhower

WORLD RECORD

Werner Erhard of San Francisco set a world record for sending 62,824 Christmas cards in December of 1975

 

PREFERRED GREETINGS ON CHRISTMAS CARDS

• Merry Christmas 53%

 • Happy Holidays 21%

• Season’s Greetings 12%

• Other 14 %

 

CHRISTMAS CARD COLLECTION

Christmas cards are commonly collected by many people, and Queen Mary’s (1867 – 1953) collection of cards is owned by the British Museum.