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Christmas Cards #5
Do you write in your cards? Do you at least sign them?
I have gotten quite a few the last couple years that are just a photo card. No signature, no "have a great Christmas" no nothing. I sort of wonder what the point is, if you don't personalize it at least a little. I actually hand write something to each person in my cards though (a big reason my list shrank...writers cramp!). I figure if I'm taking the time to address the envelope & putting money into cards & stamps, the least I can do is actually try to correspond with the people!
Re: Christmas Cards #5
I always write a message on our cards - photo or otherwise. I think photocards are sweet (I love seeing my friends kids growing up every year, and they do some funny ones), but if there's no hand writing or message at all, I find it kind of hollow.
I do sign them, but don't include much more than that. I do try to address them to individual people inside since the outside usually says Mr and Mrs.
I don't mind if someone just signs theirs. And the photo cards are usually "signed" how they would sign it in pen anyways so that doesn't bother me.
What bothers me is the page long update about the past year. I mainly get this from a great-aunt. I don't really care about what she writes, so I find the letters tedious and about stuff that doesn't interest me. Especially in light of the fact that she's all over social media.
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I used to hate just the photo cards that came in.I always would buy regular cards and write a personsal message in it; my hand would cramp up and I would hate my handwritting so I would get stressed out about that.
Then last year, we opened the cards we bought ahead of time (regular cards that you slip a 4x6 photo in) and I realize we had to assemble the decorations on the card. I said "Screw this. I'm done." and ordered photo cards from Costco and called it good. It helped that I had really cute pictures taken of the girls by Tigers that year. I actually received several emails from people saying how much they loved the card.
The majority of the people on my list we see in person, communicate by email or facebook or they read my blog (or talk to our parents), so they are kept updated on what is going on in our lives.
Do you write in your cards? No, I create my photo cards with the message I want to say printed on the cards. Why have the printed text say "Have a great Christmas!" and then write "Happy Holidays!"? It's like saying the same thing twice.
Do you at least sign them? No, like someone else pointed out, it always smears. I list our names. I hand address the envelopes.
I have gotten quite a few the last couple years that are just a photo card. No signature, no "have a great Christmas" no nothing. I sort of wonder what the point is, if you don't personalize it at least a little. The point is to send a card and let people know that we are thinking about them. The card has our photos all over it, I'd say that's personalizing it. I make the text exactly the message I want to say to people, that's personalizing it. I have never thought less of anyone who just sends a photo card. Whatever happened to "it's the thought that counts?". Wow, tough crowd here.
For me (she said tiptoeing), a card with a quick handwritten note feels more Christmasy/ sentimental than a mass produced card that has the same content going to me as it does to great-aunt Susan.
I love getting any kind of cards, and I'm not complaining about the photo cards that don't have any personalization. I like writing on mine, because I like reading what others share on theirs.
As an aside: I use thin sharpies on our photo cards, and let them dry for a minute before stacking.