During the middle ages, it is thought to be that people carved religious themes out of wood as the first Christmas prints to give to people, but it was not until the Victorian era in London, England that the first commercial Christmas card was produced. John Callcott Horsley designed this card for his friend Sir Henry Cole to give out to his friends. There were 1,000 of them produced and put out for sale as well. The following years people followed the idea and made their own cards. Charles Goodall took it farther and created the first company that produced these cards causing the Christmas card to grow in popularity.
Today nobody thinks twice about giving out cards for Christmas, and companies like Hallmark (one of the biggest card industries) have made it easy for people to find a Christmas card that they like. If not, people can even create their own cards to send out with the push of a button. The card industry has boomed since the first Christmas card to the point that cards seem like an everyday part of life.
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