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PanoramaAtChristmas，kidsgetupearlyinthemorn—ing，eagertoopenthegiftsinthesocks(ormorelikelysacksnowadays)ontheirbeds.Thesegiftsareconsideredthebestoftheyear.Similarly,whileChinesekidsgetupandgreettheirparentsorgrandgrandparentsintheearlymorningofChineseNewYear’SDay,theywillget“luckymoney“AccordingtotheBible，theMagideliveringgiftsforthenewbornChristiStheoriginofthecustomofgivinggifts.Incomparison，luckymoney,whichinChineseiscalled”yasuiqian”，issupposedtoprotectchildrenfromevil，asthesoundofthecharacter”sui”canmeanevilspirit.Theyounggenerationgivenluckymoneywillthereforehopefullyhaveasafeandsoundyear.Xxi吾日j代·42ItiSsaidthatthecustomoftheChristmascardbeganin1844.QueenVictoriaandPrinceArthurcelebratedChristmasatWind—sorCastle.Theirinvitationstothechildrenoftheroyalfamiliesforthefeastwerewrittenwithafestivegreeting.Afterwards，peopleinEuropeusedthesamewaytowritetheirgreetingstofamilyandfriendsonpapercardsintheircelebrationofChristmasandthecomingNewYear.However,thereisanotherstoryconcerningtheoriginsoftheChristmascard.In1843，ayoungEnglishmancalledHenryCole，anap—prenticeinacarvingworkshop，wastoobusytowriteletterstohisfamilvandfriendsatChristmas.Hedid，however,havesomeblankcardswithadesigndrawnbyawell—knownpainter.Onthepostedcardswaspaintedascenedepictingawholefam}IysattogetherandcelebratingChristmas，andgreetingswerewrittenatthecenter：“MerryChristmasandHappyNewYear!’’Later,heworkedwiththepainterandhadthepaintingprintedon1，000cards.Besidesthe100cardskeptbyhimseIfhesoldtherestatapennyacard.Fromthenon，ChristmascardsbecameapopularpartofChristmasfestivities.RegardingtheChineseNewYear’Sgreetingcard，somecluesdoexistastotheirorigins.Inancienttimes，officialsandgentlemenwouldgoinpersontovisittheiroldcol—leaguesorsuperiorofficersinthegovern—mentonNewYear’SDay.WhenthepersontObevisitedwasnotathomeorhadimpor—tantguestsalready,thevisitorwouldleavearedcard，(orwithwordswritteninred)stating”VisitedinPersonandMayYouHaveaHappyNewYear”，displayingapersonalgreeting.