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Another Holiday Card Comment-I don't do them
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Anonymous
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I like sending the cards, and thereby try to enjoy receiving them.
I have no living relatives that ask for pictures or updates of DD (or DH and I, for that matter) so I send the cards to distant relatives and friends as a way to fill a void. |
Anonymous
| I LOVE the photos of the pets. |
Anonymous
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It's not about the words on the card.
It is a gesture to let someone know that you are thinking about them and count them as a friend. If you think about it, it is a cheap and easy way to make sure that you don't entirely lose contact with people who aren't nearby. You can't make enough trips, enough calls, and throw enough dinner parties. But at least you an send everyone a card. |
Anonymous
| I never used to send holiday cards--it just wasn't something that my family did growing up. But DH's family does them and really values them so I started to send them out to a small group of family and friends. |
Anonymous
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I do so enjoy the laughs from many of the newsletters. My favorite was sent by my born again cousin who ended with "Jesus is the reason for the season."
I still have a copy. |
Anonymous
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LOL..J"esus is the reason for the season is priceless."
Yeah I have to admit I look forward to the holiday letters. Some I genuinely enjoy. The tone has to be right..Include a brief mention of triumphs and setback and some adorable family photos and you're done. If it goes over a page..something is wrong (unless you have included lots of fun photos). Truth be told the cringeworthy ones are fun too...the bragging, the preachy tone, the mutiple page letter in small font because so many details of your family life are THAT important to share with all 75 people on your list....the great stretching of the truth about job promptions and titles, exotic family vacas....the detail by detail stories of home renovations....etc.... Just a few more months folks!! We should share funny tidbids from holiday letters on here! |
Anonymous
| I start my greeting cards in October or early November to ensure I have enough time to include a personal message in every single one. I use them as a chance to catch up with old friends and distant relatives. Without the personal message the ritual is not worth the time or postage. I thought Noel newsletters were tacky until I got one by email. |
Anonymous
| Personally I love re-connecting with my long distance friends once a year. I prefer cards that have had written notes inside and I love well written newsletters that really summarize their lives. What I don't like is a store bought card - no signature, no handwritten note and no photo of their family. For me its much more about keeping up with people that I don't always keep track of all year long. I like knowing what their kids are doing, whether they have moved, what interesting things have happened. What I don't like are the brag newsletters where everyone is perfect etc. An honest, warm and wonderful letter reminds me of the day before computers, before emails where we would correspond by mail. |
Anonymous
| Why are we talking holiday cards in Aug??? |
Anonymous
Because some idiot decided to resurrect a thread from Dec. 2008. It wasn't very interesting then, and it's still not. |
Anonymous
| I do them. I've been told by a lot of people that my annual Christmas letter is hilarious, so I will keep doing them. If people don't like them, that's ok. I always read the ones other people send. I prefer the funny ones to the earnestly serious ones, but not everyone is funny or can write humorously, so whatever they want to write is cool. I don't get many braggy cards. I also love picture Christmas cards, and I put them on my fridge for me and my daughter to look at. I like seeing how the kids are growing up, since many of my friends are far away and I wouldn't get to see the kids otherwise. |
Anonymous
| Oh yeah...the cards are part of my holiday decor. It gives me a warm fuzzy holiday feeling. |
Anonymous
| Who is resurrecting all these old threads? |
Anonymous
Agree with PP. No one holds a gun to your temple and forces you to read so just toss. Why ruin someone else's Christmas? Just like the Grinch, your hearts are three sizes too small |
Anonymous
Are you kidding? I've already seen Christmas items for sale. |