Show pagans also sont now new years cards here in america the popular and ever growing custom of exchanging new years greeting cards Is ol of airey fairly airly recent origin but actually tho the new years card antedates tho the more familiar christmas card by several hundred years with christmas our greatest national holiday most of us are inclined to think ofner of new cepill years as a 0 sort of happy afterthought tha tact fact is it is one of the oldest of festivals dating mackto back to pagan times in certain cartain ta in countries of europe where christmas Is observed as a purely religious festival new years Yearl staken hakea the form ofa real feast day and its celebration Is marked by rejoicing and tho the exchange of gifts and gree greetings the earliest known new years greetings were medals marked with good wishes which date back to 0 the reign of tile the roman emperor W f M k ereg 14 I 1 jim COM modus and while new years cards long have been a tradition in china where the technique of printing was invented the farst fir st european new years card we have record of Is of german origin dating back to the it depicts the christ child and a chest overflowing with good wishes another card of the same period has a treasure ship as its central design our our present day new years cards have an impressive history behind them with their festive confetti colors c and daby baby new year father time bells and balloons they serve as messages of the good will we feel toward our friends and neighbors and of our hope for A prosperous and happy new yearl |