The first Christmas card ever send is worth almost $30,000.
The most expensive Christmas card in the world was sold on November 24, 2001, at an auction in the U.K. for £20,000, or $28,158. According to Guinness World Records, the price was so high because it was considered the first Christmas card in the world, sent by Sir Henry Cole, a Bath-born businessman, to his grandmother.
The card was hand-painted by a very famous London illustrator, John Calcott Horsley in 1843. The card illustrated a family enjoying a Christmas party, and there are only 12 cards like this left in the world.
The smallest Christmas card in the world cannot be seen by the human eye.
A normal-sized Christmas card is big enough for drawings, illustrations, and offer a little space to write a heartfelt message to a loved one. The nanotechnologists at the University of Glasgow created in 2010 the smallest Christmas card in the world. The card was so tiny that it could fit in a normal-sized card around half a million times.
The Christmas card cannot be seen by the human eye, but Professor David Cumming thought about producing more tiny cards, as it took him only 30 minutes. He also mentioned that the design of the card took way more than its production.
A kid inspired the creation of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
If you don’t know what the North American Aerospace Defense Command is about, it’s pretty much tracking Santa’s activity around the world since it was created back in 1958. It’s actually very funny that NORAD was inspired by a kid who accidentally called the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) in his attempt to talk to Santa Claus, after seeing the number in a local newspaper.
After talking on the phone with the kid, Colonel Harry Shoup, the commander on duty, came up with the idea to track Santa’s journey all over the globe each year for the children’s delight.
If you want to have a laugh, make sure to also check the 15 Christmas Fails Are Anything But Merry And Bright.
