Christmas Cards in October
Have you started working on your Christmas cards yet? I haven’t either. Actually, I haven’t bought them, thought about what photo to put inside, or even thought much about Christmas. Well, beyond the fact that we need to buy a plane ticket for our son sooner than later.
However, back in Colorado, when my kids were in preschool and I taught school full time, thinking about Christmas cards in October was a necessity. I used to purchase them in August or September, take their pictures around Halloween, and work on those cards the first two weeks in November. By Thanksgiving, they had been long been completed and carefully put in a shoebox, waiting for the first of December, which was my personal designated Christmas card mailing day.
Now, even thinking about all that juggling and planning? It sounds exhausting!
The reason I’ve been thinking about Christmas cards in October is because I have an Amish Christmas novella being published this month. It’s titled SNOWFALL, and there is a scene where all the kids (and there are a whole lot of kids!) work on their Christmas cards. My hero, their father, had let that tradition end because even seeing his wife’s address book was too painful. It’s a sweet scene, and I was pleased with it, mainly because I know the Christmas card tradition is definitely a ‘Shelley’ one in our house. Never would my husband even begin the process without me by his side!
Sending out Christmas cards is popular Amish tradition. Some Amish ladies send out hundreds, usually with handwritten notes inside each one. Of course, the addresses are handwritten, too. A lot of care and thought goes into those cards. I would even guess some of my Amish friends have probably already gotten a good head start on their cards by now. Few Amish wives and mothers enjoy procrastinating.
I read somewhere that many consider sending out cards a thing of the past. These days, with Facebook and Twitter, Instagram and texting, it’s far easier to simply contact family and friends and wish them Merry Christmas by pressing a few buttons. Ten minutes later, Christmas ‘cards’ are done. I imagine they appreciate the money that’s saved, too! Cards, photos, and stamps are not cheap.
This year, at least, I’m still going to order the cards, insert a photo of my family, address the envelopes and send them out. I just probably won’t get to it for a while. I’m thinking I might even start on December 1. That gives me, oh, 23 days or so to get them done.
But when I open our mailbox one December afternoon and see the card with my Amish friend’s familiar handwriting, I’ll be glad that we still have this tradition in common. It’s a blessing to have friends and family. It’s a blessing to be able to take the time to let them know they’ve been on my mind and in my heart.
Just as it’s a blessing to celebrate Christmas.
What about you? Do you still send out cards? When do you get started on them?
Shelley Shepard Gray
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Yes I still send out cards to my family and our friends. I think it great tradition to do. Sending out and then giving a reviving them back. I start sending them some time in November or late November early December. It nice to recieve then then send one back or vista visa.
I love to send Christmas cards out. And the ones I get are always a cherished part of my Christmas decorating each year.
Always write mine up Thanksgiving weekend. I do them in small batches, so I can write a small personal message to each recipient–not a fan of the mass-produced family newsletter. Then I set them aside until I recieve my first card, then I mail those that go a distance. I prefer to hand deliver those that go to folks nearby, so we get a chance to visit a bit.
I love sending out Christmas cards, with a photo I’ve taken, and personalized! And I love receiving them! Facebook greetings will never replace “real” Christmas cards! It makes me sad when people stop sending them!!!
I would LOVE to win a signed copy of “Snowfall!” 😀
I only send a few out. and I usually start in December in the beginning of the month. I usually do a Christmas letter telling every one how the family is doing and what keeps us busy.
I only send a few out to relatives & close friends I send them out Mid December
I send out a few Christmas Cards, not anywhere near the amount I use to. I try to have them in the mail before the 15th of December.
Blessings!
Judy B
I send out my Christmas cards the weekend after Thanksgiving 🙂 Thanks for a chance to win.
We usually send out about 40 cards and they are sent by mid December. I bought a few boxes end of last season for 75% off, now if I can just find them!
Some years I do and some years I don’t, lol, it depends on how much I procrastinate, lol. One year I did make and send some “After the Holidays” cards, hoped it would keep the spirit going, lol.
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I still send out cards every year! I start right after Thanksgiving!
First and foremost, I love the cover of this book. It’s so festive and Amish! I send Christmas cards at the beginning of December to family and close friends that I do not see during the holiday season. My children are in their 20’s so we don’t send a family photo. My favorite type of Christmas cards are those with country pictures on the cover such as a farmhouse, barns, animals, young children cutting a Christmas tree or sledding, etc. I love family, the country, and the Amish!
When I was a child I remember my mom used to buy boxes of cards to send out. We in return would receive many back with at times a letter from the sender telling us about their year ect.. I found this to be a tradition I have carried on. I find it so much more personable than a call or text. I cherish the long ago memories of sending and receiving cards. My grand-kids today will make their own cards and send them . I hope they will in return carry on the tradition of sending out cards.
No , Shelley as of yet I have not started on my cards. They are piled up on the dining room table as I write this. I always start to work on them in October. By end of November I’m finished. I also write notes to put in them. That’s what takes so long.
I send out my cards to go overseas just after Thanksgiving. I mail out cards to Canada anywhere between December 1st to 5th. By the 15th all cards to USA are sent out. I have done this every year. I send out a lot so getting started early is the only way I can get them done on time. This is a tradition for me.
When my sister in Canada was living we would both start in October , than race each other to see who got done first. No matter how many I send out each year I always get cards back from someone I didn’t mail out to. So because I’m early I get to add them to my list and send out a card to them too.
I also put pretty stickers and seals on my envelopes too. Try to make them look pretty. My cards are all bought on December 26th of the previous year. Save a bundle that way. Wished there was a way to save on the postage too.
Would love to win your book. It looks very interesting and Christmasy .
Blessings
Shirley
I start my cards late in November, right after Thanksgiving. I make sixty of them all by hand and I mail them all out. I put a lot of thought and effort into all of them. I am retired, so I have time to spend on them. I love making each and every one of them. I just love your books. Thanks for the chance to win and may God bless you.
Oh my! I haven’t even thought about Halloween candy yet. 🙂 I try to send out a few Christmas cards to family that live out of state but, other than that, I have scaled way back. I don’t usually get to them until mid December, but I definitely try to get them there on time. 🙂
I didn’t send them out last year, but yes, I still love the tradition of Christmas cards. When I was young, people participated in that custom much more than they do now, but I still get excited when I see a Christmas card received in my mailbox.
Thank you for sharing and a chance to win. I still send out Christmas cards and I also like to receive them. I have noticed that the amount of cards being received is getting smaller in numbers every year. I am afraid it is becoming a thing of the past. I hate to see this yearly tradition come to an end. ~ Blessings ~
I send out christmas cards., and get well cards to people in my church., and to people who are having a bad time., I would love the chance of winning The Book Snowfall from Shelley Shepherd Gray., She is a great author of Amish Fiction., Deb M.
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Yes I send out cards I love cards I decorate my front door with the cards and pictures we get for the season.I love Christmas very much.
I still send cards out, but not as many as I used to. I love this tradition and hope it doesn’t end.
I still send Christmas cards. I do have my cards as I buy them after Christmas each year and save for the following year. I send them out the first week of December.
I don’t send out as many as I used to. I make my own cards and I am still working on my prototype. I get together with a friend or a few and we papercraft together and give each other inspiration.
Thank you Shelley for a wonderful opportunity. I still send out Christmas cards, but I always wait until the last minute. This year I’m sending our a family picture as my christmas card. I want to learn to make my own cards because I think a homemade card is priceless.
Yes, I do send Christmas cards. I love doing that. We have a “post office” at our church where we can send church families their cards. The money collected goes to missions. I ususlly start them in October but have not yet. I buy mine after Christmas when they’re marked down.
I still send out Christmas cards although this year I have cut my list by about 25%. Its sad that year by year more and more people stop sending them. I’m all for modern technology and love the internet and social media, but I love the tradition of giving and receiving cards. Thank you for the opportunity to win some awesome books, great to cozy up with this winter!
I love to do the Christmas cards each year, to family and then few special friends. I dont get started till December. We need to give Holloween&Thanksgiving their due before thinking Christmas&New Year. I love to read your books and want to be in the drawing, thanks for giveaway.
Sad to say I do not send out many and they are to those that send to me. Family ones are given in person.
I send out Christmas Cards to those who don’t have computers, those that do have computers, I usually send them Christmas emails.
I love to send Christmas cards out. And the ones I get are always a cherished part of my Christmas decorating each year.
Always write mine up Thanksgiving weekend. I do them in small batches, so I can write a small personal message to each recipient–not a fan of the mass-produced family newsletter. Then I set them aside until I recieve my first card, then I mail those that go a distance. I prefer to hand deliver those that go to folks nearby, so we get a chance to visit a bit.
Due to postage cost,I now just send out cards to people that lives far away and that I won’t see for Christmas.Usually I start around the first of December.
I really enjoy picking out cards in different sentiments. I like to address and hand write notes in each one as we are living far away from our family and friends. I like to decorate the envelopes too! I start after the first of December and keep track of them coming in and going out so I don’t forget anyone. Thank you for offering your fans these awesome contests
Hi Shelley. Yes, I have sent Christmas cards for many, many years. There used to be at least a hundred on my list every year. But quite a number have gone to live with GOD. And, when I say many years, well I am nearing 80. I look for cards on sale, so can’t always get the ones that are my first choice. My I can’t really afford the stamps, but I just let it be a gift to myself and friends. When? Now that is where my trouble comes in. Being a procrastinator, I always plan to start way ahead because I love to write in them since That is the only time I hear from them. So, I’m thinking better get on the ball and start at the first of Nov. I have always loved to write and receive letters. I hate that no-one wants to write anymore. It’s sad when old things are gone by the roadside because of new things coming in. Even happening with our print books I’m afraid, with the entrance of e-books.I love seeing my books and seeing them on my shelves. But, have already heard of some closing. I would love to be one of your winners my friend. Maxie
I already have my Christmas cards since I pick them up after Christmas when they are on sale. I try and have my cards done by the 1st of December. My sister uses her cards to decorate her tree so she can enjoy the gift of cards. I would so love to win your book since I am having foot surgery in a couple of weeks and will be reading alot and addressing cards
I do love sending out cards. At one time I have sent out cards to everyone I knew but now my list is limited to friends and family living away from me and some are living abroad. We decorate tree right after Thanksgiving and then I start writing out cards especially those living abroad. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. Winning a book would make my Christmas complete! Blessing to you!
I still send out cards and try to get them out on the first 2 weeks of December.
I only send cards to those i wont get to see over the holidays! Normally start early december
I usually send some cards each year. I get my cards ready the first week of December and mail.
Yes, I still mail Christmas Cards to family and friends. Not as many as I used to send. I start the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
I seem to send more e-cards now.
I send Christmas cards every year, many years I make them. I always try to make them a indication of why we celebrate the holiday, rather then Santa types
Don’t send them as much as I would like – kinda on & off. But I do love receiving them. Like to have them out by the middle of December.
Yes, I still send/snail mail Christmas cards. I even have some Thanksgiving cards as well. If I’m organized this year I will do both Thanksgiving and Christmas, otherwise it will just be Christmas cards. I love mail and sending HAAPPAYS so I won’t be giving up this tradition any time soon. I can’t send gifts to everyone but I can send a card, usually. Money is tight this year…reeeally tight so I have limited who will get cards. Sad, but my reality this year because I was unwise. Anyhow, if I am doing well health-wise I start on Christmas cards in November. I like to start on Thanksgiving Day and then mail them out in December ( I have some foreign friends so mailing times vary). I purchase my cards at the end of the season so I have plenty of cards. I’m set with cards and I have a few stamps so I can mail out a few as soon as I start on them. 🙂 Maybe I should start on Christmas cards now….hmmm..that’s a thought. I like your idea of putting them in a shoebox and waiting til you are ready to mail them. That’s a great idea! 😀 I hope you have a very wonderful Friday and fabulous weekend! Thank you for the chance to win your book! 😀 ~Mippy/Sabrina 🙂
Sadly I don’t send cards anymore.Christmas is always a rough time for me. I think card giving in general has gone by the wayside.I send Birthdays cards out for the church family.But I not sure they enjoy them anyway.I think the world is right now a lot of traditions are no longer of value to the family. Sometimes people forget what the real meaning of Christmas is.
I do love to send out Christmas cards. I usually start looking for my cards I am going to use in November.
I usually start working on them the weekend after Thanksgiving. I like to have then sent out the beginning
of December. Christmas cards are a must around here.
Love your books Shelley.
Yes! I love sending out Christmas cards. I go through my address book and everybody gets one. I have them ready to go by the first of December. Thank you so much for the giveaway! I would love to win a copy of your book Snowfall. I love snow! This is the best time of year!
I used to do this tradition every year. Since the death of my late husband..I havent. I should restart & reclaim it back.
When my 3 Boys were younger I would start Christmas cards the second week in December. As they have gotten older I try to get them out around the same time.
Yes i still send out christmas cards, I think a card means so much to a person when they cant get out to see everyone. we live in arkansas and our family live in calif. so cards a way to be with them. I try to send them out by the first of December., and thank you for your books love them
I love to get Christmas cards, but don’t usually send them out! Bad– yeah, I know! 🙂 I’ve only sent cards out a few times when my now adult kids were small. My Christmas tradition is making angels and sending them to friends and families.
I do send out a few cards to family and close friends. I don’t always get around to it at an early date, but I do get around to it eventually. 🙂
I have stopped writing Christmas cards due to arthritis, but I try to contact all my friends to give my Christmas wishes in person.
I still send Christmas cards and I am still like a child about receiving them. Once December arrives, I anxiously check my mailbox to see if any have arrived. I try to mail them by December 10th but I never fail to add a name to my list and end up sending it a few days before. I hope that my financial situation never gets to the point that I can’t continue this tradition!
Thank you for sharing and for this giveaway and even though it is early, I wish everyone reading this “Merry Christmas”!
Yes, I do still send out Christmas cards for close friends and family. I have been trying to have them done the beginning of December but have been mailing them the 2nd week of December. This year, I am going to try Thanksgiving weekend having them done but that is my weekend for decorating the inside of our house.
Yes, I still mail out Christmas cards. I try to start sending them right after Thanksgiving.
One of my favorite Christmas cards I have ever received was the homemade card from one of our Amish friends daughters.
I love sending out Christmas cards, and receiving them! The last year, I didn’t get to send any out, due to lack of finances…My husband and I cared for my elderly Father in our home for 6 years, he suffered from dementia….he passed away (sadly) last July.
We moved to Ky to sart afresh, and haven’t found a job as of yet…but…if I did get to send out cards, it would be around the 10th of December.
I would love to win “Snowfall!”
Whoever wins will be blessed!
I used to send out Christmas cards every year when our children were small. We were in the ministry, so we wanted to keep up with friends we had made along the way. Now we place our family pic, including in laws and grandchildren, on Facebook. Last year I noticed fewer of our friends were sending them as well. Kind of sad, this tradition is giving way to technology, but it is neat to see them on Facebook as well.
Yes, I still send out Christmas cards but no where as many as I use to. I start the beginning of December and they are usually sent out the second week of December. I prefer to call some people on the day before or the day of Christmas. I feel its more personable.
Judy F
Yees i do send out Christmas cards and i do Christmas cards for my Church family. I enjoy that time of the year the most. What could be better than to share the birth of Jesus with everyone you can.
I only send Christmas cards to my elderly aunts and uncle plus a very few friends who live at a distance. Instead I keep the cards I receive and select one or two each week, pray for them and send a note during the following year. It’s less stressful for me and a nice surprise for the recipient.
Still send out many cards with a family photo – at least one of the kids. We start addressing in late November and mail in early December.
Hi Shelley,
Yes I mail out Christmas cards! Since our son was born, we always went to a place to get professional pics done, well last year I decided not to spend way too much money on pics and then I always have leftovers. So last year, I started a new tradition where I take my own photos of my son and go to Walgreens website and design my own!! Much, much cheaper and I order how many I actually need! I try to get them out by the 2nd week of December.
Shelley, you know if I don’t win a signed copy, I’ll still got out and get your book! Love your books so much!
I have ordered my Christmas cards and they should be arriving any day now, I like to be ahead of the ball game, be ready to go. Plus I love picking out my cards too.
Yes, I love sending out Christmas cards – always with a letter inside – while writing the letters, I think of the recipients and pray for God to bless them in the upcoming year. I love receiving cards and read them over and over again – I’m elderly and live alone so this is like celebrating with my friends. I work on my cards beginning mid-November and mail them during the first week of December.
I love Christmas cards. In our home we would always display the cards received so everyone could enjoy them. But over the last few years, there are hardly any cards to enjoy. Indeed, the custom is fading out. But I do still give some each year. It is a nice way of keeping in touch and letting someone know you think about them and want to be blessed during that most special time of year.
I always plan to send out Christmas cards but twice in the last five years I became very ill and sadly was unable to complete this. I still managed to send out a few but not my whole list. To me this left a gap in my holiday. So this year I plan to send my cards, some with pictures and notes, and hoping I get this accomplished. Shelley’s blog is a good reminder to me to start thinking about these things. Can’t wait to read the new book!
I still send out Christmas card. I get to them when I can. I used to start them after Thanksgiving.
Love Christmas. Would love your book.
I send out very few cards, usually to those who send them to me. Postage is just not where I want to spend my money at Christmas. I look forward to reading this book!
Shelley, I do still send out Christmas cards. I have had mine since early summer. I always send cards that have cardinals on them (I always say the cardinal is my special connection to God). I always safe one card for myself and frame the card.
Blessings, Debra
I still send a few Christmas cards. I try like mad to get them out before Christmas. I have no self-imposed date, except that I will not send them out after Dec. 25.
I love getting Christmas cards and displaying them. For me the cards are a part of Christmas. A gift to someone to let them know they have been thought of.
I still send cards. I try to work on them in November and have them ready to mail December 1st.
I used to send over 100 cards, with a handwritten letter in each one, with a family picture. Then, went to a typed “newsletter”, then moved to a family picture card with a newsletter, then down to 30-40 cards, to 18 cards-no picture or letter in the last year. We used to all sit, the kids (four) and I, and work on signing the cards/letters (each of us in our favorite color ink) beginning the day after Thanksgiving. I tried to mail them in the first week or two after. I usually handwrite the addresses, though I know a few years I used homemade labels on the computer, with my homemade computer graphics. I am uncertain what I will do this year, though a few cards is most likely the choice I will make. I don’t usually fight family pictures anymore.
Blessings!
Yes i do, I enjoy sending CHRISTMAS cards every year. The joy of our saviors birth. It’s a blessing to put a smile on someone’s face.
Although I don’t send as many Christmas cards as in the “old days”, I still love the personal touch required for them. It is a special gift to me to take the time to send a card to someone I care about, thinking of them at Christmas and articulating just how special they are to me. I had a friend many years ago who addressed and wrote messages on her Christmas cards on Christmas Day after dinner. They were posted on the 26th and all received by Epiphany, within the 12 days of Christmas–they really were Christmas cards. I liked that image so much that I adopted the practice as my own. Somehow, thinking of special people on Christmas Day makes the card even more meaningful.
I love to send out cards and I do like to also hand them out to friends that live in walking distance from me. I will say that I send them to friends by the internet but I have to read each an everyone an pick out just the right one to fit them or I if I like the front I will also change names an write what I want to say, because I want just the right one sent not just something that says happy Christmas or new years the day is such a special day it has to say the right and meanful words. I also am able to print out the ones that I hand out.
thank you for this chance.
I love to send out cards and I do like to also hand them out to friends that live in walking distance from me. I will say that I send them to friends by the internet but I have to read each an everyone an pick out just the right one to fit them or I if I like the front I will also change names an write what I want to say, because I want just the right one sent not just something that says happy Christmas or new years the day is such a special day it has to say the right and meanful words. I also am able to print out the ones that I hand out.
thank you for this chance.
I don’t mail many Christmas card, so I don’t start working on them until after Thanksgiving. Most of mine are handed out personally or put in the mailbox at our church.
Hi Shelley,
In the past I haven’t sent out Christmas cards but this year is going to be different. I moved to an apartment community and in my particular building the neighbors here are more like a close nit Amish community. They always have a kind word for each other, and when someone is in need they jump right in and help out.
However, I do not plan on buying my Christmas cards. My son is an artist and has done a series of ten cards that depict “all things country’, old houses, barns, people out sledding and going on sleigh rides the old fashion way etc. So the hand painted ones, again remind me of the Amish traditions and their gifts at Christmas.
I love your Amish novels, especially the way the Amish are so close nit and always there for each other. I wish more people would read the Amish novels and adapt their way of life as far as treating the members of one’s community. Such closeness. Keep the novels coming.
I still like to send Christmas cards-a tradition I can’t seem to give up!! I have special memories of looking at cards growing up-especially ones with glitter-they were magical!! I try to buy my cards after Christmas during sales,for the next year. I try to begin addressing them after Thanksgiving-takes me that long by the time I write notes!!
Yes I send some cards but I hand a lot out at church. I try to get started the first of December.
Until the last 2 years I would send out about 75 cards each year, many with a note or letter in. The last 2 yrs have just been too hectic. I would usually start late November. Maybe this year I will take up the pen again. We’ll see.
Thank you for sharing.
I work on Christmas cards during the long Thanksgiving weekend; this year I will also be sending several boxes of cards to recovering service men and women at Walter Reed Hospital as well.
So excited for this contest Shelley! I do still send out Christmas cards. I think it is such a nice personal way to keep in touch with loved ones. I use to get them out early, right after Thanksgiving. But as my kids have grown and life has gotten so busy, I now let the busyness of Christmas pass and send them out the week after Christmas and call them Holiday cards. Try to personalize each one.
I still send out Christmas cards usually right around the Thanksgiving holiday.
I get my cards ready the week after Thanksgiving. Then I write out the ones for our home bound members at church the first week end in Dec.
I enjoy the process of sending out Christmas cards with a short, informative Christmas letter to a few friends that I stay in touch with but have moved away from. My favorite Christmas letter was a photo collage ’cause as they say ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’! Thanks for the opportunity to win…Linda
I do sent out Christmas cards, but only to my family across the miles and to seniors at a local senior center.
I will send out Christmas cards again this year, but not as many as I sometimes have. We haven’t printed them yet, but we took a family picture to use this summer before our oldest went back to college.
The last few years I have only given cards to immediate family and a few close friends. I used to mail/give about 100 cards out each year. I need to start signing cards and addressing envelopes now to have them ready by the time I need to send them!
Yes, I do send out Christmas cards. I start sending them out in December.
I used to send out cards until my mother passed away before Christmas. She has been gone for not quite 2 years.
So one of these days I will get back to sending out Christmas cards.
I haven’t sent out any Christmas cards recently but when I did send them out I enjoyed it and loved receiving them too. Sad that most people are getting away from sending them out. I remember as a kid when my family would receive Christmas cards it was always exciting to read and look at them.
I used to send out Christmas cards but I haven’t sent any out since my late husband. Things just aren’t the same. I also have arthritis and my hands sometimes lock up and make it hard to write. I sure would love to win your book because Amish books are all I read.
Yes our family still sends Christmas cards though not as many. This is my husband’s favorite thing to do around the holidays. I enjoying making homemade cards for our special friends. It is sad that postage has become so expensive that people have had to forgo sending our these greetings.
I pick my Christmas cards out carefully they mean a lot to me and the people I send them to !! I usually start writing them in the beginning of December to get me in the holiday mood along with some Christmas music 🙂
No, I don’t send out Christmas cards any more. I used to send them out and enjoyed doing it. But then I got so busy doing everything else and I just let it go. Sometimes I miss it though.
Yes, I still send cards but I am such a procrastinator that they usually don’t get in the mail until Christmas Eve! And, I confess, sometimes not until the day AFTER Christmas. I do love getting them in the mail and wish I was better at sending.
I love sending Christmas Cards. I have cards made up of my family pets for my pet loving friends, mainly because I love them.
My friends receive what you’d call normal cards and I tried to say the right words to let them know I appreciate them.
I enjoy it!
Yes, we still send Christmas cards. We like to send to our extended family and friends whom we will not see during the Christmas season. We usually wait until the week before Christmas to send them out. Love to hear from those far away and what they’ve been up to for a year.
Since I live in FL and most of our friends and relatives live up North, I do send quite a few Christmas cards. I usually get them started around Thanksgiving and into the mail shortly after Dec. 1st.
No, I don’t send anymore, but I miss the joy of receiving them and sharing with others.
yes, I do still send out cards but only to close friends and family.mostly it is a picture card…somewhere we have been that year or major event. We enclose a short paragraph about our year….not a moment by moment newsletter!
Thank you for this. You are such an amazing author. Thanks for the chances to win anything of yours
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I still send out/give Christmas cards to family members & friends/co-workers. I like to send them out by the last week of Nov/first week of Dec. But that doesn't always happen. I have found that a lot of people stopped sending Christmas cards over the years due to increasing postage rates. I love collecting the different scenes to some day make ornaments with them. <3
I used to send out many Christmas cards but through the years it has become less and less. I do send out to family mostly. Since we started to mainly send gift cards as presents, I send out their cards with the gift cards inside. I do have a few friends that I exchange cards with.
Christmas cards are a must! Love sending them and receiving them. It makes the season so festive plus nice to get a message from people you don’t see as much as you may like.
Yes I still do cards. We usually do some type of photo card. I like to get them sent out before the 2nd week of December if possible. Love getting to cross things off of my to do list!ha! Love your books! – Deanna
I fluctuate. Some years I send out cards and some years I miss 🙁
I love to send Christmas cards. Unfortunately a lot of my friends do not and they never seem to find the time to give me or confirm their address so my card list has really shrunk over the years. I have discovered though, a lot of my Facebook friends still send them and even though I have never met these people I enjoy exchanging cards with them.
Yes, I still send out nearly 75 cards each and every year. I think it is a very good way to let people know that you have been thinking about them.
I don’t send out cards, other than one or two to family. I always procrastinated and was later that I should have been, and then it just got later and later. Two different years we bought cards but never mailed any. I have probably a moving box or 2 (ea 14x14x16) full of Christmas Cards. If I ever do decide to start sending them, I’ve already got a bunch.
I always enjoy getting cards, especially those with Christmas letters inside. Helps me keep up with friends and family that are far away.
Hi Shelley, I am saddened by the amount of people who do not send out Christmas cards any more. As you mentioned the cost and new technology has kept many from doing so. I still love to send and receive Christmas cards. I start getting my cards ready the week before Thanksgiving and mail them the day after Thanksgiving. I am always excited to go to the mail box in the month of December even though the number of cards received is less then the years past. It is nice to know there is still others who take joy in receiving and sending Christmas cards. Thank you for sharing and a chance to win.
~ Blessings and an early Merry Christmas ~
We stopped sending out a few years ago. I would rather pick up the phone and call people to wish them a Merry Christmas.
Wonder who has won the contest. It was supposed to be over yesterday October the 16th ?? Excited to find out who won.
Blessings
Shirley
Sorry for the late posting! I am a busy bee 🙂 Thanks for entering everyone…the winners are Nicole H, Cindy Patterson, and Shirley Chapel. Congratulations!!
Hi Michelle
Got my book Snow Fall that I’d won from Harper Collins Publishers today. Thanks for having the contest and I know that I will enjoy reading this book.
Blessings
Shirley
Thanks for letting me know! Enjoy 🙂