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Even if you’re not a terribly sentimental person, you probably still have one or two traditions that you hold dear.  Every year, families all across the nation are thinking about traditions when the holidays approach.  Newlyweds think about the Christmas traditions they’d each like to bring to the marriage, new parents think about the holiday traditions they look forward to introducing their newborns to, and families with grown children think about the traditions they hope will continue even as time marches on.

What do these families (and more) have in common? They’re planning on continuing the tradition of sending Christmas cards out this coming holiday season.  Sending out Christmas cards is much more than grabbing a box of cards from the drugstore, scribbling a hasty message, and slapping a stamp on the envelope.  No, in fact, it’s a lot more.  Some might think it’s a chore, but the truth is that many look forward each year to the process, even with the many steps to do along the way before you can say “I’ve sent out my Christmas cards!”

No doubt you likely know a number of families who have made a tradition of sending out Christmas cards.  For instance, the families whose cards feature a photo of the entire family wearing Santa hats, right down to the family dog.  Or there’s the tradition other families have of using their annual Christmas cards as a newsletter, sharing events and news – both happy and sad – that the family experienced over the past year.  These are all traditions for these families, and it’s quite possible that these same traditions will be continued by future generations of the same families.  What traditions do you and your family enjoy each holiday, and would it make you happy to think that your great-grandchildren will be introducing their children to them someday?

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