While it’s not an incredibly heated debate, there is some interesting discussion about what to do with Christmas cards at the end of the holiday season. Do you save them? Do you toss them in the trash? Or is there some happy medium that I haven’t thought of?
Speaking for myself, I am in […]
How do YOU do it? Some people use old-fashioned address books, some sync up their PDAs and use mail merge or similar to create address labels for their home printers, and some write it out all long-hand. The ways and means of keeping your Christmas card list are many and varied. What’s […]
For several years now, there have been hundreds of thousands of Christmas cards sent overseas to United States military personnel serving tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other overseas military sites. What’s notable about these masses of cards being sent out is that, in many cases, the senders don’t necessarily know the soldiers […]
It goes to show you that even fame and fortune don’t mean a person doesn’t send out Christmas cards. It’s interesting to look around and see different Christmas cards sent out by the famous, whether they be actors, writers, politicians, or simply those who are famous for being famous.
A great many politicians in the […]
Do you find sending out your Christmas cards to be a chore? You’re not alone if you do – many folks find that the whole process of selecting the cards, writing the notes, addressing the envelopes, and stamping the cards to be a significant and somewhat overwhelming chore during the already jam-packed holidays.
If you […]
It’s official: Americans love our mothers and we show it by sending cards, gifts, and flowers galore to mark Mothers Day this coming Sunday. But Forbes Magazine has some news for us mothers: we’re number three. Mothers’ Day as a holiday ranks third on the list of holidays that trigger the […]
Do you ever see an amazing family photo where every single person is looking at the camera, smiling a lovely smile, no bra straps showing or crazy cowlicks making an appearance? We bet such a family photo would be part of a lot of peoples’ dream Christmas cards.
If you’ve ever wanted to […]
Each holiday season, I bring my kids to the post office to help me pick out the Christmas stamps we’ll use to send out our family Christmas cards. They inevitably zero in on the secular stamps – reindeer, classic childrens’ toys, Christmas wreaths, Santa Claus – while I am the traditional one in the […]
This coming winter will mark the 165th anniversary of the creation of the first Christmas card. History shows that Sir Henry Cole — then-director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England – commissioned an artist to create a card that he could send to his friends for Christmas. What inspired Sir […]
It seems as if every few months, a Christmas card that was mailed long ago (fifty, sixty, or even 100 years in the past) resurfaces in the mail and is delivered. One can’t help but wonder where the cards were hiding all that time, but it sure is interesting to look at the stamps and […]