Christmas Cards by Cindy Flores Martinez

Here’s some interesting Christmas card trivia:

-- The first commercial Christmas card was produced in London in 1843 when Sir Henry Cole commissioned artist John Callcott Horsley to create what’s known as, "The Christmas Card". (see image below)

-- In 1874, Louis Prang from the lithograph firm Prang and Mayer began selling Christmas cards in the United States. Some call him the "father of the American Christmas card".

-- Fast forward to today, approximately 1.3 billion Christmas cards are sent every year according to Hallmark.

-- Etiquette experts say that the best time to send Christmas cards is by mid-December.

-- The post office has designated December 20, 2016 as the last day to send a Christmas card through first class mail in order to reach its destination in the U.S. before Christmas.

What about you? Have you already sent your Christmas cards?

*****Have a Merry Christmas!*****

Cindy Flores Martinez is a USA Today bestselling author. She writes sweet, Christian and Spanish romance. She has an MFA in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Screenwriting. Her debut novel, Mail-Order Groom, started as a screenplay and movie project, which she shopped around Hollywood, New York, and other parts of the world. You can learn more about her at www.cindyfloresmartinez.com