Interrupting my scheduled personal history posts….
My kids were flipping through their scrapbooks the other day comparing what they all looked like as babies. We came upon some of our old Christmas cards. Boy have my kids grown! It’s really easy to see when comparing cards from year to year.
I love sending and receiving Christmas cards! I enjoy reading what others have been doing, seeing how much children have grown in a year, and seeing the variety of cards. From the oldest generation (my grandparents age) we get beautiful cards with paintings depicting the Nativity on the front and a hand written message inside. Those of my parents generation send more ‘modern’ print cards with updates on all their children and grandchildren, some with photos some without. For my generation the trend leans towards photo cards. And, yes, I follow the trend. I tried to send out cards one year without pictures and I was chided by several grandmotherly women about not sending pictures!
Right now I’m hurriedly trying to decide which design of Christmas cards to get from Shutterfly to keep as close to my schedule as possible of having all Christmas shopping done by Nov. 1. (Looks like I’ll be a tad late!)
This Classic Red Square card has enough spots for a photo of each of my children.
But I like the message written on this one. And its a folded card so I can hand write a message inside!
I also like the bright colors of this one.
And this one.
What do you think? Do you send out Christmas cards? Do you include pictures?
One more project we are a tad behind on is our annual family calendar for Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s side. I put the three oldest in charge of it last year. They did such a great job they are in charge of it from now on. ☺ We’ve gotten our wall calendars made from Shutterfly in the past, but we’ve also used Snapfish and Winkflash too, depending on where we get the best deal. Ordering a dozen calendars can be pricey! It’s worth it though to keep track of birthdays and anniversaries for all ten siblings, 7 in-laws, and 38 (well 30 not counting my own) nieces and nephews.
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We make cards as a family as Family Home Evening activity in November and I slip a family picture in each one.
Last year was the 1st year we did picture cards, and I loved it. I did them with some nice fall pictures I took and they turned out great. I look forward to see the ones I make this year
I love Christmas cards! And I think ones that at least include a photo are better than those without a photo. I don’t get a whole lot of cards and I’m awful about sending out cards. I’m trying to plan our family photo this year and like every year it’s just not coming. I think part of this is my need to do it myself, which is exceedingly problematic for creative shots. The photographer perfectionist in me and all… my last family picture was AWFUL and it annoys me that I got a photographer I thought I could trust to take them. Apparently not.
Enough of my own rant, I really like the Fa, la, la, la card. That’s super cute! I’d send it out. OK, I really liked all of them, but that one was my fave.
Good luck with the worst step of cards… getting to the PO. I’ve actually had stacks of cards sealed and addressed and they still didn’t make it out in time because of needing to go to the post office! I’m a slacker.
I try to send a Photo with my Christmas card every year not due to any vanity on my part but so my extended family and friends that are far away can see how much my little one has grown over the year. Its always fun to see how much everyone has changed over the year but that’s just my opinion.
I love receiving Christmas cards. For the past few years I have been rotating sending then not sending cards out. It just feels like a lot of work during an already busy season– and yet when I start getting others’ cards I wish I had planned to do them. I think even though this is an “off” year, I may send cards after all. They are just too much fun to receive:)