Description: Happy Christmas - Robin, Holly, Winter Scene - EMBOSSED & GILDED: The greetings and farewells "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Christmas" are traditionally used in English-speaking countries, starting a few weeks before Christmas (December 25) each year. Variations are: - "Merry Christmas", the traditional English greeting, composed of merry (jolly, happy) and Christmas (Old English: Cristes mæsse, for Christ's Mass). - "Happy Christmas", an equivalent greeting that is more common in Great Britain and Ireland. - "Merry Xmas", with the "X" replacing "Christ" (see Xmas) is sometimes used in writing, but very rarely in speech. This is in line with the traditional use of the Greek letter chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ), the initial letter of the word Χριστός (Christ), to refer to Christ. - "Happy Holidays" in the United States (along with the similarly generalized "Season's Greetings") has become a common holiday greeting in the public sphere of department stores, public schools and greeting cards. Its use is generally confined to the period between United States Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. American use of the term "Happy Holidays" to replace "Merry Christmas" dates back at least to the 1970s and was a common phrase relating to the Christmas season at least going back to the 1890s. The term may have gained further popularity with the Irving Berlin song "Happy Holiday" (introduced in the 1942 film Holiday Inn). These greetings and their equivalents in other languages are popular not only in countries with large Christian populations but also in the largely non-Christian nations of China and Japan, where Christmas is celebrated primarily due to cultural influences of predominantly Christian countries. They have somewhat decreased in popularity in the United States and Canada in recent decades, but polls in 2005 indicated that they remained more popular than "Happy Holidays" or other alternatives. This Divided Back Era postcard is in good condition, but there is some soiling.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2024-11-08T04:01:38.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
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Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Artist: Unknown
Theme: Animals, Holiday, Robin, Bird, Holly, Flowers & Plants, Greetings
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Embossed & Gilded, Divided Back, Embossed, Gilded
Subject: Happy Christmas - Winter Scene
"Merry Christmas" v.: "Happy Christmas"
Postage Condition: Posted
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Occasion: Christmas
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Era: Pre-War (Pre-1914)
