Christmas Cards

Christmas cards: The cards were embroidered by French and Belgian women some of whom were living in refugee camps to be sold to soldiers, who would send them to their families back home in the U.K., Canada and other countries, according to The Star. Thousands of cards similar to these were hand-made by women to sell to troops and many show scenes we do not necessarily associate with Christmas today, such as swallows, flowers and boats. It was only later that the trend towards winter scenes, Christmas trees and Father Christmas began to dominate Christmas cards like they do today, Prior added and York Castle Museum in Britain is collecting a series of embroidered Christmas cards known as WW1 Silks as part of an upcoming exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War. We have many of these hand-embroidered cards in our collection and each one offers us a very personal and often moving message from soldiers wishing their family a Merry Christmas, said Dr. Faye Prior, the museums collections facilitator, in a statement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.