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Christmas Card Day!
Christmas Card Day is celebrated on December 09, 2016. It honors Sir Henry Cole of England, who created the first commercial Christmas Card in 1843.
A Christmas card is a greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to the Christmas and holiday season.
Christmas cards are usually exchanged during the weeks preceding Christmas Day by many people in Western society and in Asia. The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year".
A Christmas card is generally commercially designed and purchased for the occasion. The content of the design might relate directly to the Christmas narrative with depictions of the Nativity of Jesus, or have Christian symbols such as the Star of Bethlehem or a white dove representing both the Holy Spirit and Peace. Many Christmas cards show Christmas traditions, such as seasonal figures, objects associated with Christmas.
greeting [ ˈɡriː.tɪŋ ] приветствие, поклон, поздравление;
sentiment [ ˈsen.tɪ.mənt ] настроение, сентиментальность;
related [ rɪˈleɪ.tɪd ] связанный, родственный;
preceding [ prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ ] предыдущий;
purchased [ ˈpɜː.tʃəs ] приобретённый.