CHRISTMAS LETTER
Ah-h-h, the Christmas letter, instead of a card. I have several friends who have
sent me Christmas letters every year I’ve known them. Personally, I don’t care
for Christmas letters! I prefer a card with maybe a quick note to tell me how
they’re doing. I don’t really care that they visited Uncle Sam and his pet dog
Spot who recently died, or the grandson (who I don’t know) just got married, or
that they’ve started a new business and would I be interested in purchasing
their product?
Nope. If you have that kind of information to give to me, how
about a phone call now and then throughout the year? Don’t give me an
information dump at Christmas time! Besides, after reading the Christmas letter,
what do you do with it? No room to hang it on the fridge, can’t stand it on the
mantle of the fireplace, so in a drawer or the garbage it goes.
CHRISTMAS E-CARD
In this day and age of internet, life has become much simpler in many ways. For
instance you can log on to one of the many e-card sites, pay a fee, select a
card and send. One popular site is Jacquie Lawson.
https://www.jacquielawson.com/membership.asp
You pay a minimum of $20 per year stateside, and $15 to $20 for other countries. The advantages are:
• Value- for money you can send an unlimited number of ecards for a whole year.
• Beautifully created- The cards are beautiful, animated and there is music.
• Quality of service-You have your own address book, birthday, anniversary, Christmas, retirement etc. reminders. There is a useful help line.
• Never forget- Set up automatic email reminders of everyone's birthdays, or special events. You could even set up a whole year’s worth of cards in advance. This is an excellent source of cards for someone who has limited resources or time.
Again though, what do you so with an e-card? I read them and enjoy them and maybe read them one or two times more, and then it is deleted. My husband does not read them, as he (believe it or not) never gets on the computer.
CHRISTMAS CARD IN THE MAIL
I guess I’m old fashioned as I love a pretty card that comes in the mail. I like
shopping for them, writing a quick personal note in them and sending that bit of
joy out into the world to cheer someone up. Ah-h, so you say what about the
environment and all those paper cards? I recycle mine. I make Christmas
decorations out of them, I’ve cut the front off and used that for Christmas
package tags, Pre-schools and other organizations put out calls for cards they
can use in their craft projects. And special ones I save and read over each
year. I pack them away in the plastic storage containers with my wrapping paper.
And oh, how I love seeing them on my fireplace mantle and end tables throughout
the house.
It adds to the holiday spirit to see all the different cards of
celebration on a daily basis.
Whichever way you send Christmas cheer and joy, I
hope it warms your heart as it does mine, to send as well as receive!
May you
all have a healthy, happy, holiday!
Do you sent Christmas cards, letters or e-cards or nothing?
