Another Christmas has come and gone and it got me thinking about Christmas bookmarks. I have several delightful vintage Christmas Greetings Bookmarks in my collection, some very recently added. I am not sure of the date of any of them and my research has not greatly enlightened me thus far. From comparing them to other bookmarks and cards I have found online however, the ones I have featured here are likely to have been published circa 1930s and 1940s.
The custom of sending Christmas cards was started in the United Kingdom in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole. At some point, bookmarks with Christmas Greetings also became popular and were exchanged widely in countries such as the UK, USA and Australia. Some of these bookmarks were stand alone (like all the ones shown here) and some were included as part of a card.