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===Christmas Cards and Gifts=== | ===Christmas Cards and Gifts=== | ||
Christmas cards were first introduced by Sir Henry Cole, British art patron and educator, who commissioned the painter John Callcott Horsley to design 1,000 cards. As postal systems around the world developed in the late 19th century, the custom of exchanging cards around Christmas became popular.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas-card Christmas card], Britannica</ref><ref>{{인용 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oldest-christmas-card-sale-intl-scli/index.html |title=The world's first commercial Christmas card is on sale for $25,000 |website=CNN Style |publisher=|date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> | Christmas cards were first introduced by Sir Henry Cole, British art patron and educator, who commissioned the painter John Callcott Horsley to design 1,000 cards. As postal systems around the world developed in the late 19th century, the custom of exchanging cards around Christmas became popular.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas-card Christmas card], ''Britannica''</ref><ref>{{인용 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oldest-christmas-card-sale-intl-scli/index.html |title=The world's first commercial Christmas card is on sale for $25,000 |website=CNN Style |publisher=|date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> | ||
The custom of exchanging gifts was handed down when people exchanged candles or dolls as gifts during the Saturnalia, the festival for the sun god in Rome.<ref>[[wikt:Saturnalia#Latin|Saturnalia]], Wiktionary</ref><ref>[https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/how-saturnalia-became-christmas-the-transition-from-ancient-to-present How Saturnalia became Christmas: The transition from ancient to present and pagan to Christian], December 29, 2021, ''Academus Education''</ref> | The custom of exchanging gifts was handed down when people exchanged candles or dolls as gifts during the Saturnalia, the festival for the sun god in Rome.<ref>[[wikt:Saturnalia#Latin|Saturnalia]], ''Wiktionary''</ref><ref>[https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/how-saturnalia-became-christmas-the-transition-from-ancient-to-present How Saturnalia became Christmas: The transition from ancient to present and pagan to Christian], December 29, 2021, ''Academus Education''</ref> | ||
===Santa Claus=== | ===Santa Claus=== | ||