Monthly Archives: May 2008

‘Tis the Season to Be Green

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 … Continue reading

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Everyone Has One: The Christmas Card List

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 … Continue reading

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Sending Christmas Greetings to Soldiers

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 … Continue reading

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The Famous Send Holiday Greetings, Too

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, … Continue reading

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Worth the Effort to Send a Smile

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 … Continue reading

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Happy Mother’s Day (p.s. you’re #3)

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 … Continue reading

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Perfecting Your Family Photo

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 … Continue reading

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Christmas and the Post Office: They Go Way Back

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’ … Continue reading

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Perpetuate Kind Recollections Between Dear Friends

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 … Continue reading

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A One-of-a-Kind Find

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 … Continue reading

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