8 Things you Should Know About Christmas
5. Modern Santa
Do you know who first created the modern Santa? Modern Santa with all the descriptions was first created by Thomas Nast who was a well known cartoonist in 1860. He first created the image of modern Santa for Harpers weekly magazine. After that, there were many variations and additions to things related to Santa and Christmas.
6. Christmas cards
Christmas cards were not as popular in the eighteen century as it is now. At present, more than 3 billion cards are circulated on the occasion of Christmas. The first card was created by John Horsley in the year 1843. That time one Christmas card was sold for like a penny each. It was only after 1860, cards became popular amongst the people of America.
7. The song jingle bells
The song jingle bell which is always associated with Christmas was actually a Thanksgiving song. James lord pierpont had composed this song in the year 1850 for thanksgiving occasion. The idea of the song was to protect the sleighs from collision. And, all these years you thought jingle bell is a song composed especially for Christmas!
8. Christmas tree fancy
People used to hang nuts and fruits on their trees during Christmas. But, now it is replaced by fancy and creative decorations. Most people also put up lights to give their tree a cool effect. So, things have definitely changed with time. Christmas is all about cheer and happiness and it has been the same since the time it was first celebrated.
