Some facts about Christmas cards:
- in 1843 the first Christmas card was created for Sir Henry Cole in the UK:
- in 1874 the first Christmas cards are printed in the USA by Louis Prang in Boston
- in 1880 over 5 million cards are produced in the USA
Writing a Christmas card:
| part | text |
| greeting the addressee | Dear [Name des Adressaten], |
| skip line | [Zeile freilassen] |
| Christmas text | I would like to wish you a [very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year / a Happy Christmas and a wonderful new year / Season’s Greetings and best wishes for the New Year] |
| Personal text | [Write one sentence about yourself, e.g. what you like about Christmas / about English /your school / favourite animal / favourite colour etc.] (= Schreibe einen Satz über dich selbst, z.B. was du an Weihnachten magst / an Englisch / an deiner Schule / dein Lieblingstier / Lieblingsfarbe usw.) |
| skip line | [Zeile freilassen] |
| end greetings | Love / See you / Yours, |
| skip line | [Zeile freilassen] |
| adresser’s name | [Name des Absenders] |
