| How do you tell somebody you care? Go to the store, | | | | say 'hello' or 'thank you'.Though Christmas has been |
| buy a card and let somebody else do the telling for | | | | celebrated since the birth of Christ, the first known |
| you. Greeting cards are illustrated cards usually | | | | usage of any Christmas greeting was in an informal |
| featuring a message of greeting or other sentiment. | | | | letter written by an English admiral in 1699. The same |
| Although greetings cards are usually given on special | | | | phrase appeared in the first Christmas greeting card, |
| occasions such as birthdays, Christmas or other | | | | produced in 19th century England. |
| holidays, they can also be sent on 'non-occasions' to | | | | |