A CHINESE CHRISTMAS CARD.
We are so apt to look upon the sending and receiving of Christmas cards as essentially an English cus-
torn that it will, no doubt, com© as a surprise to most of our readers to learn that this custom has been carried on without intermission throughout many centuries of Christmases in China. They taken a keen delight in forwarding these little missives at this time of the year, although they differ somewhat from the artistic and elaborate modern English "card." Secreted in the midst of a tube of fragrant bark or enveloped in tissue paper of many colours are little squares of paper, which, when the card is opened, fall into the recipient's hands- Here are shown a few wishes in the original Chinese characters. The first spells "long life," the second "happiness," and the last "riches."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 305, 23 December 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)
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141A CHINESE CHRISTMAS CARD. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 305, 23 December 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)
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