What is the Christmas message? With excessive commercialization and sentimentalization obscuring its essence, not even the church is always clear about the content of God's first Christmas card. What should the Church put on its own Christmas greeting?

The first Christmas card, as we know it, was designed in1843 by the artist J.C. Horsley. It measured about the size of a postcard. From this design, one thousand cards were lithographed and hand-colored three years later for Sir Henry Cole, first director of the South Kensington Museum, London.

The first Christmas card shows a Victorian family celebrating the gentle spirit of the season around a table. They are making a toast to the health and happiness of their family, friends and nation. Flanking the scene of Christmas cheer and celebrat…