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[Pages:1]THE ANATOMY OF A
45% OF ALL CARDS SENT
CHRISTMAS CARD ARE CHRISTMAS CARDS
from
1.5 BILLION...
CARDS WERE SENT IN THE US COMPARED TO 678.9 MILLION IN THE UK IN 2010
That's more than any other type of greetings card!
THE WORLDS
SMALLEST
CHRISTMAS CARD
Ist
WOULD FIT INTO A
UK 1st CLASS STAMP
1mm 8,000 TIMES
EACH YEAR IN FINLAND SANTA RECEIVES 600,000 CARDS
At 10 seconds a card it would take one person working non-stop from Christmas Day until mid March to open them and an 80km long mantelpiece to display them all.
JUST 72% OF 8-24 YEAR OLDS INTEND TO SEND CHRISTMAS CARDS COMPARED TO 91%
OF OVER 55s
ONLY 15 %
OF CARDS ARE
BOUGHT BY MEN
Block printing allows sending of New Years Cards in Germany
English school children write messages to their families on bordered paper
Official Christmas Card tradition initiated by Queen Victoria
One Penny Post allows practically anyone to send a Christmas Card
Louis Prang is printing more than 5
million Christmas Cards a year
John C. Hall and two of his brothers create
Hallmark Cards in Kansas, USA
First Official White House cards issued
by President Eisenhower
One of the Sir Henry Cole's first Christmas Cards sold at auction
for ?22,500
In Pagan Britain good luck charms are given during
Winter Solstice
Religious families in Germany send New year cards depicting Jesus
Colour is added to engraved borders
First commercial Christmas Cards commissioned by Sir Henry Cole
Louis Prang brings Christmas Card production to
America
The Royal Mail deals with 11 million
cards during the festive season
World famous UNICEF launch their
charity Christmas Card program
One of Sir Henry Coles early cards is sold for ?2,000 at auction in London
1.5 Billion Christmas Cards are sent in the United States each year
1820s
1840s
1843
1870
1875
1881
1915
1949
1953
1987
2001
2010
1500s 1600s 1700s 1800s
1900s
2000s
THE MOST CARDS SENT BY ONE PERSON
IN A YEAR IS 62,824 Nearly enough to cover
a football pitch.
IN THE UK AN ESTIMATED $80 MILLION (?50M) IS RAISED BY CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR CHARITIES EACH
YEAR.
IN 2008 THE AVERAGE US FAMILY SPENT $32.43 ON CHRISTMAS CARDS compared to ?14 ($22.50)
for British families
THE MOST EXPENSIVE CARD
WAS SOLD AT AUCTION
FOR $35,800 (?22,500)
It was one of the first ever commercial Christmas cards, commissioned by Sir Henry
Cole in 1843 and sent to his grandmother. The artwork was by John Callcott Horsley.
Sources: .uk, posti.fi, .uk, somethingold., history., , , , greetingscards.co.uk, en.wiki/Christmas_card,
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