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I hate it when "wealthy" people buy really cheap xmas cards. Like "Cleo", "Galant" and "Fantusy". Oh well, it's the tought I guess. I have this one friend who insists on hand delivering all cards. I think it's really tacky to hand deliver a sympathy card to someone.

I like sending out christmas cards and like getting them even more. I usually buy some of those little cheap christmas stickers from walgreens and take time putting them on the cards. I never understood the e-card thing.

Wowugotit said:

while I think its incredibly touching and personal

its so interesting to see how differently everyone views the same action

s'what makes the world go 'round

MoniGram said:

yeah! my husband has a big family!!!

i love sending christmas cards out with a few handwritten personalized lines

havent sent any out this year yet tho

I'm mailing out my Christmas cards today.I can't believe how much I enjoy doing this

I will be working on my cards this weekend! Finally!!

It's always nice to know that people are thinking of you. but I'm not a Christmas person anymore, it's too fake.

Dayclear said:

I got a gorgeous one from Veronikka today - it's the nicest Christmas card I've ever got before

i think email cards are lame, unless they're attached to an online gift certificate. even then they're still kind of lame, but at least they have some kind of utilitarian purpose.

i like physical, hard copy cards. we like to hang up all the holiday cards we get. what am i supposed to do with an email card, hang up a printout? i don't think so. .

Anxiety said:

you save the environment by using less paper

ZombieKitten said:

christmas is not about saving the environment. it's about wasting as many resources as possible and feeling guilty afterwards that we didn't waste enough.

Anxiety said:

that's if the guilt of debt doesn't overshadow everything else!

Anxiety said:

I agree.

got half of them mailed out today, will do the other half on monday.

I hate e-cards. Its like you just think a pop up happened and the person clicked a button to send it to anybody on their list. I love cards but I'm terrible at getting them out. Painted is awesome...she sometimes makes hers and the card itself is a gift....every year I say I want to do that but it never happens....(sigh). To me, the next best thing if I dont get a card is a phone call and a word of cheer. Actually, I prefer the calls over the cards. nothing is nicer than an answering machine full of happy messages and I love yous followed by conversations reminiscing about the past and celebrating the current.

I did newsletters a couple of times but folks always felt like I was bragging....I love my life and I make no secret about it--and my children are friggin totally awesome loving people as well as accomplished--always have been. Its in their blood. For example...since my little girl was a newborn, she participated in a Harvard University developmental study for 4 years. Watching her develop, they determined she was gifted and were floored by her milestones...(she was tyins shoed before the age of 3!). Sometimes family members dont like when you share so much (HATERS!!!!...).....so I love calling the people I love most....and sharing in their years memories and accomplishments.....

I hate "Fantusy" branded Xmas cards (so cheap). I also hate Galant and Cleo (cheap cheap).

This is the Christmas card I'm sending out this year:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doct.../card4.jpg

ZombieKitten said:

Me too !

Serious said:

Good to see my cards are making it to their destinations

for you both

veronikka said:

Thanks again !

veronikka said:

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I got my card from Veronikka too. It totally puts my scrapbooked card to shame. I loved it.

I send out about 50 cards every year. We usually don't put anything else in the card unless we've had some kind of milestone event we want people to know about. Like on our 5th Christmas together, we put a picture of us in front of our tree and said something about being happy to have survived 5 Christmases together still in love and then wishing everyone good tidings. This year, since I released a CD, we put info in the cards about that.

Vero's card was very pretty!!!! It's something I will keep on my computer desk all year round.

JuliePurplehead said:

i got mine too, it is sooooo cute!

Awww, thanks guys I really enjoyed making them!!!

Did everyone get their cards mailed out already? You'd better hurry