The Do's and Don'ts of Christmas Cards!

As mentioned in earlier posts I briefly considered not sending out Christmas cards this year or cutting down as so many former recipients are Facebook friends and I have bombarded them with the events of my life this year. However, as I looked at the list I realized that to cut out my FB friends would rob me of Christmas correspondence I have treasured for years, even though I now know what they did yesterday. Alas, all my cards were sent. Three hundred dollars worth (cards and stamps) plus the time and energy to produce them seem to be my lot in life.

Yes, I am a Christmas card snob. I rush to the Hallmark store on December 26th to get the best cards at half off even before I consider going to another sale. Yes, there may cards superior to the Hallmark, just not my taste. I don't care if when you open my card glitter falls out on you as I don't care if it falls out on me.

I would never send a card without a Christmas stamp. That's why the Post Office makes them. My goodness in this day and age December is the highlight of the postal year. Think of all the bills received and paid on line, the junk mail we receive on line and the personal correspondence which was once a card or letter. It scares me that in my life time the Postal Service will become a dinosaur.

Because of my dedication to the Christmas card effort, we get so many. I am thrilled that there are still those who honor this tradition. Love the pictures, letters, and, again a snob, about what the card you picked says about you. Got one this year tied up with a bow, handmade by a master of creating cards, which says "I am so creative". The elaborate ones with the names of the senders embossed in the greeting, which say "You are on my list". Again, the pictures and letters so painstakingly created that tell me that you are happy and so proud of your life. The ones that were purchased at a bargain with a personal note from the sender. They tell me that you love me. I try to include a little of each aspect in my Christmas correspondence.

I applaud those who never fail to send out Christmas cards each year even though it is the busiest of times. I will never again question whether or not I should send out a card.