<P> The first recorded Christmas cards were sent by Michael Maier to James I of England and his son Henry Frederick , Prince of Wales in 1611 . It was discovered in 1979 by Adam McLean in the Scottish Record Office . They incorporated Rosicrucian imagery , with the words of the greeting -- `` A greeting on the birthday of the Sacred King , to the most worshipful and energetic lord and most eminent James , King of Great Britain and Ireland , and Defender of the true faith , with a gesture of joyful celebration of the Birthday of the Lord , in most joyand fortune , we enter into the new auspicious year 1612 '' -- being laid out to form a rose . </P>
<P> The first recorded Christmas cards were sent by Michael Maier to James I of England and his son Henry Frederick , Prince of Wales in 1611 . It was discovered in 1979 by Adam McLean in the Scottish Record Office . They incorporated Rosicrucian imagery , with the words of the greeting -- `` A greeting on the birthday of the Sacred King , to the most worshipful and energetic lord and most eminent James , King of Great Britain and Ireland , and Defender of the true faith , with a gesture of joyful celebration of the Birthday of the Lord , in most joyand fortune , we enter into the new auspicious year 1612 '' -- being laid out to form a rose . </P>
who designed and sent the first christmas card
who designed and sent the first christmas card
sent by Michael Maier
sent by Michael Maier