Christmas card is a wonderful holiday gift to show your best wishes to others. It is also the first paper card.
Henry Cole is the inventor（发明者） of the Christmas card and he is from Britain. Every time before Christmas, because Cole was too busy to write to his family and friends, he came up with an idea. Cole made some white paper cards and invited his friend Horsley, a famous painter, to help him design (设计) a painting. In the middle of the card, the Cole family was sitting around the table to celebrate Christmas. Under the painting it said, "Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!" On both sides, Cole was helping others. Besides, at the top of the card was drawn "to:
" to write the name of the receiver, and the words "Masse, 1843" was drawn in the lower right corner. When the card was completed, Cole printed（复印）1000 copies. This was the beginning of the first Christmas cards in history.
From then on, people began to send Christmas cards to each other. Now, people usually send e-cards through the Internet.
