{"id":429,"date":"2011-12-17T17:13:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T17:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=429"},"modified":"2020-05-24T17:28:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T16:28:43","slug":"christmas-cards-tradition-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/christmas-cards-tradition-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One week for Christmas! It is great news for those who enjoy the associated traditions in a pagan or more religious way. Sending and giving christmas cards is one of such traditions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"line-height:24px;font-size:16px;border-color:initial;border-style:initial;\" title=\"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.history.uk.com\/historical\/images\/e_christmas\/473213ad31d37card2.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)\" width=\"188\" height=\"126\" \/>It has\u00a0always startled me the amount of card shops around. Christmas cards can actually be the most popular of them all.<\/p>\n<p>Some interesting facts about their history in UK as follows. Good\u00a0infographic below too.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first Christmas cards as we know them were made in the fourteenth century.<\/li>\n<li>It is thought that the first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the <a title=\"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">V&amp;A museum<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0London.<\/li>\n<li>Early Christmas cards favoured flowers, fairies or were humorous, rather than religious or winter scenes.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.liaiseonline.co.uk\/pictures\/personalised_christmas_cards.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)\" width=\"216\" height=\"159\" \/>`Official\u00b4Christmas cards in UK began in the Victorian era, when the population was increasingly mobile.<\/li>\n<li>Today, it is estimated that 45% of all cards sent during the year are Christmas cards.<\/li>\n<li>1.5 million Christmas cards were sent in UK only in 2010, despite the digital era.<\/li>\n<li>Only 15%\u00a0are actually bought by men.<\/li>\n<li>It is estimated that 50 million pounds is raised each year for charities in UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moo.com\/images\/christmas-card-infographic-large.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)\" width=\"553\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">By <a title=\"Christmas Cards Tradition (infographic)\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.moo.com\/partner\/christmas-card-facts\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54490\/47\/210B3C50461E693074D3614B2CDD045A.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One week for Christmas! 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