Design Crafters

According to Domestic-Church.com, the orginal Christmas card was a Victorian creation, which began as a kind of
stationery. They claim that the first Christmas card was produced by Sir Henry Cole who worked
for the British Postal Service, and an artist he hired named John
Horsley.

This early card was a depiction of a Christmas scene framed in
three panels. In the center panel was a homey table scene: children,
parents and grandparents seated and some raising their glasses for a
toast. On either side were panels depicting acts of Christmas charity:
to the left, feeding the hungry; to the right, clothing the naked.
Underneath appears the now familiar phrase "A Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year to You."

Allegedly Christmas cards were preceded by "Christmas
Pieces" written by school boys in England as greetings to their parents
and as proof of their progress in the art of writing.