How Did Christmas Cards begin?
Christmas cards were introduced in Britain in 1840, with the postal service, and penny stamps. In those days a penny was a lot of money, and printed cards were very expensive and hard to come by. As the postal service improved, along with printing methods, cards became more popular. By about 1860 they were fairly common. When they first began, Christmas cards showed religious scenes and often had religious text in them. Nowadays, they can have just about any picture on them, including winter scenes, and most do not contain any reference to religion.
