This week's topic: Give Me Five things about Christmas/Holiday cards: buying them, getting them ready, sending them, receiving them, displaying them, tips for recycling them, getting/sending 'family newsletters', traditions, pictures, etc.
I love getting and giving Christmas cards, so this one will be fun!
1) I try to get my cards mailed over Thanksgiving weekend, and I'm usually successful. The holiday season is so short, and I want to squeeze as much festivity out of it as I can.
2) My cards are always from a charity I support -- usually the American Humane Society. I always have a backup card to send to my Jewish friends that only mentions "holidays," not Christmas.
3) Likewise, I'm very careful about which stamps I use. Most people get the Christian religious stamp. My Jewish friends and those who I know don't believe get the wintery fun stamps. After all, the point of the cards is to connect/reconnect/and celebrate with the people who matter in our lives, not to proselytize.
4) I have more than enough holiday address labels for my cards. In fact, I have more than enough holiday address labels for the rest of my life! It seems every charity sends them to me. I still haven't used up all the ones that feature scarecrows and jack o' lanterns, and now I'm swimming in reindeers and elves!
5) I always put a personal salutation or close in each card, and I never sign in red ink. I learned both of those tidbits of card-sending etiquette from my mom.
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Hey, what's the deal with red ink? It's one of the festive "red and green" colors! LOL I usually try to sign with green, since that's my top favorite color :) Great GM5 this week, girl!
ReplyDeleteI love how small the blogging world is. I knew Becca before I knew you. Now that you've found each other, it's just so cool. I hope to post a give me 5 when I get home tonight. We'll see if I pass out or not when I get home
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the red ink either. I guess I didn't take that class. You sound very organized and thoughtful. Have a great GM5. :)
ReplyDeleteHow cool of you to get your cards from the Humane Society! You are truly awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great list! :) Yea I wanna know what the deal is with red ink also! lol I really like how you get your cards from a charity what a great way to spread the love!
ReplyDeleteSo tell us, Gal; inquiring minds want to know - *why* shouldn't one sign in red ink (perhaps as "red ink" signifies debt/bad luck?!)
ReplyDeleteAs best as I can recall,signing a greeting card in red ink is like elbows on the table or tossing my jacket onto the sofa when I came into the living room -- "rude." I just absorbed these rules without giving them much scrutiny. Next time I talk to my mom, I'll ask her if there's more to it than that.
ReplyDeleteI send my cards pretty early also. I'm all for extra time with the Christmas decorations! Great GM5! www.mamapj.com
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