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By: 5 Weeks Till Christmas: Address and Order Your Holiday Cards

5 Weeks Till Christmas: Address and Order Your Holiday Cards — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:31:35 +0000

[...] you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!About six weeks ago, we talked about gathering your mailing addresses and exploring holiday card ideas. So because those things are already done, this week’s task is a simple one — address [...]

By: Chris Grasse

Chris Grasse — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:23:54 +0000

Every year near the beginning of November I begin a familiar hassle within my own psyche: to send or not to send the 87 Christmas cards this year, to send them all or to try to find a way to trim down the number sent. This means writing each envelope address in longhand with a bright red felt marker and a message and signature on the inside. People love getting these cards. I try my best each year to find a way to work around sending so many cards by hand, but right after our Thanksgiving Day dinner my whole feeling has changed. I bring out the boxes of Christmas cards and begin to look through them… this is when I go downstairs and sit quietly in a meditative state of mind until I begin to feel deep gratitude for all my blessings. Then I revisit the whole process of sending Christmas cards and it has changed. I match the cards with the names and do five at a time. Before I know it, it’s all done for another year. My Christmas really does not start… I am not able to really enjoy doing anything at Christmas until I have made out and sent the Christmas cards. I relax when they have been sent, and the rest of the Christmas season is an absolute delight. Sending the cards are the only “duty” item I have on my list of things to do each year. Merry Christmas to all of you and thank you so much for this website on which I can express my feelings. – Chris Grasse, South Portland, Maine, U.S.A. Submitted: November 8, 2009.

By: amber

amber — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:32:51 +0000

Nice reminder to have addresses ready! I know it would be more environmentally friendly etc to send an e-card, but I so love getting xmas cards in the mail! Snail mail seems to get more precious as it dwindles
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By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:24:47 +0000

we send out photo cards from costco–i used to do a letter, too, but it was too stressful!
What we do with the cards/photos we receive is put them all in a drawer in our buffet in the dining room. At the beginning of each week (usually Monday night dinner), one of my girls (2 and 5 yrs) picks a card at random from the drawer, and we pray for that family every night at dinner for that week. I did it growing up, and now I love that we are incorporating it into our girls’ lives, too.

By: Organizing Your Way to a Simple Christmas: Christmas Cards | Organizing Your Way

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:17:03 +0000

[...] Another alternative is to use a secure online address book. Tsh from Simple Mom shared these options in her recent post about gathering your addresses for Christmas cards: [...]

By: Monday Link Love

Monday Link Love — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:04:58 +0000

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By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:26:38 +0000

I try to do photo cards for family and close friends each year, especially since we have growing kids. Last year I bought a cool Christmas card graphic from Designer Digitals, inserted our photo and our own text in Photoshop, then uploaded the final design to Shutterfly's scrapbooking site. It's very affordable that way and gives it that personal touch.

By: Nan

Nan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:28:38 +0000

I always send paper cards every years to our friends and family. I think this year we will send out E-cards instead, in order to save some trees and resources.

By: Alissa

Alissa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:57:13 +0000

Love this series Tsh. We’re expecting baby #2 in the next few weeks and I had great intentions of getting lots of the Christmas tasks out of the way early. That’s not going to happen, but this is a good reminder that all is not lost. Little things now will make a big difference and HOPEFULLY help keep my sanity in check come December. We’re waiting to take our family photo until after the birth, but there’s no reason I can’t get the address list together and choose a card service now!

That said, I LOVE getting photo cards and we display them on the side of our fridge all year long. My toddler enjoys looking at all the photos and asking “who that?”
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By: Tsh

Tsh — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:22:09 +0000

Hi Tamara,

Yes, you bring up a good point; these ideas can transfer over for any holiday, or even event where cards and mailing is involved.

I didn’t mean to make you not feel included, so I apologize for that. It’s just that this is part of the series, 12 Weeks to a Peaceful Christmas, so it makes sense to refer to mostly Christmas for this series.

That said… I know you all are out there, and I’m happy to have you as readers. Your comments and involvement is always welcome.