Grammarly also included some interesting facts about Holiday Cards:
- Americans send 1.6 billion holiday cards annually
- Women purchase an estimated 80% of all greeting cards
- E-cards have become an environmentally friendly alternative to paper cards
- Christmas cards originated in London, where Sir Henry Cole commissioned the first in 1843.
- Two batches totaling 2,050 cards were printed and sold that year for a shilling each.
- Despite the separation of church and state, it’s customary for the President and First Lady to send White House Christmas cards each holiday season.
- Calvin Coolidge issued the first official Christmas message to the American people in 1927.
For the sources to the facts, please visit:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DLpT9-lvOhoqk7s0wMXK3reF1K7FlsG5dJU2fkc_ui4/edit#
Thanks for sharing, Grammarly!
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