Christmas Day is coming soon. Thought of anything special for your friends? How about showing your love by sending friendship Christmas greetings?

Greeting Cards

For centuries, Greeting Cards have been used as a popular medium for expressing wishes. The ancient Chinese and Egyptian royalties used to send greetings to each other through messages written on papyrus scrolls. In later times, paper was used as the medium to send greetings. The modern greeting card was born in the early 19th century. The development in printing and decoration techniques in the early 20th century led to the production of better greetings cards. Greeting cards began to be sent to express wishes in all popular occasions like

Valentine’s Day

Christmas

Mother’s Day

Father’s Day

Thanksgiving Day

Friendship Day

Friendship Greeting Cards

Friendship Day is a big holiday for young people all over the world. Unlike other popular occasions like Thanksgiving and Christmas, it is not a festival. That is why you cannot find a holiday being observed on Friendship Day. But the occasion is very popular with young people. In countries like the US, you can witness the day being observed with much fervor. In schools and college campuses, you can find many youngsters handing friendship bands and greeting cards to each other. The friendship greeting cards are very popular items used to wish ‘Happy Friendship Day’. Showing your love by sending friendship greeting cards is now an inseparable part of Friendship Day celebrations.

Popularity of Friendship Cards

The use of greeting cards for friendship officially began in the middle of the 20th century. This was the time when better card printing and decoration techniques came to being. As a result, greeting cards began to be produced in huge numbers. It became a fashion to send greeting cards to express hearty wishes on all occasions. Friends started to use greeting cards to wish each other. Thus friendship cards were born. With the birth of Friendship Day, people got an official occasion to send greeting cards to friends.

The rise of the internet

The rise of the internet in the 20th century led to increased communication between people. In a way, it made the world smaller. It reduced the distance between people and places. It became possible for people to communicate with loved ones living in other countries. This breakthrough technological innovation brought perfect strangers together. The use of the internet changed the greeting card industry. It led to the birth of online greeting cards or e-cards. Sent through electronic means, these flash or GIF cards include animations or audio clips. You can customize the appearance as well as the texts included in the cards. Friendship e-cards are now a popular medium to send wishes to your friends.

Importance of Friendship greeting cards

Showing your love by sending friendship greeting cards is wonderful. It is a fast and effective way to show your friends that you celebrate your relationship with them. Friendship greetings are also proof of the fact that you care for your friends and want to keep in touch with them. These cards of friendship are often dismissed as items to display affection. But think deeply and you will understand that it is the thought that really matters. It is your feelings that your friends will remember, not the card you send.

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