Christmas Rants

Tradition demands that we send out Christmas cards every year, though the rules about who should get them can be pretty confusing. If Cousin Melvin forgot to send you one last year, does he deserve one this year? Have you ever gotten one from Uncle Jack?

Or are you one of those people who doggedly sends everyone you can think of a Christmas card, no matter what? Or quite the reverse: do you send cards only to a select few individuals? So: who should be on the list this year? Decisions, decisions!

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Everyone loves Christmas humor, which is why there are so many funny Christmas humor cards in the stores. The card companies know it, too: you'll pay an arm and a leg for cards with a hint of humor instead of the traditional 'season's greetings' or 'happy holidays.'

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Once upon a time, photo Christmas cards were a novelty. Then everyone discovered their local department store photo studio, and suddenly you received hundreds of Christmas card photos every year. The trend grew old, and photo Christmas cards went the way of the dinosaur... until the world went digital.

There's nothing wrong with going to a photo studio or buying traditional photo insert Christmas cards, but if you have access to a digital camera and some photo editing software - and these days, most people do - you can create beautiful, unique, and free Christmas photo cards right from your own home.

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Christmas cards... you either love them or hate them. For some, Christmas cards are a wonderful tradition and a way to stay in touch with friends and express the spirit of Christmas. For others, they're a pain and an annoyance.

Regardless of how you feel, making your own Christmas cards adds a new dimension to the season. If you're in the second group, here's an idea that may just change your mind about cards for Christmas. If you're in the first group, making your own cards for the first time just might get you hooked on this idea for years to come.

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We've all seen our share of photo Christmas cards over the years, and chances are they don't evoke quite the response they once did. I mean, photo cards are nice and all. It's just that everyone seems to do them these days.

Well, never fear: some friends and I gathered up our Christmas card photos and we put our brains together to come up with some unique and interesting way to make cards nobody will overlook.

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Christmas Card Etiquette: Rules to Live By

I've said it once and I'll say it again -- we live in a society where etiquette is becoming quickly forgotten, and that includes Christmas card etiquette. When did it become acceptable to have digital signatures on our cards? When exactly did printed Avery address labels become rule of thumb? If you want to send your holiday greeting cards with style, don't forget these Christmas card etiquette tips.

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Send Photo Christmas Cards This Year to All Your Friends and Family

This holiday season you should consider sending photo Christmas cards for your annual holiday greeting. Photo Christmas cards are a great way to send warm wishes during the holiday season. Never sent photo Christmas cards before? Worry not! It’s much easier than you may think.

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Time To Order Corporate Christmas Cards!

Corporate Christmas cards allow your corporation to convey warm holiday greetings and serve as a reminder of your company name to other businesses. If you haven’t ordered corporate Christmas cards to send to your clients, you’re missing out on an excellent marketing and customer relationship opportunity.

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It’s Almost Time to Send Your Christmas Greeting Cards

If you are sending Christmas greeting cards this year, which I strongly encourage you to do, you need to make sure that they are ready and sent at the right time. Getting organized and writing out all those Christmas greeting cards can seem like a chore and more than a few of us are guilty of putting it off till the last minute. This year, it’s time to do Christmas greeting cards the right way.

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Get a Christmas Card for Everyone on Your Christmas List This Year

The most often-forgotten gift item during the holiday season is the Christmas card. With everyone so busy with holiday shopping and baking, they tend to forget to give a Christmas card with their presents. Think the Christmas card is the least important part of the Christmas present? Think again!

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Personalized Christmas Cards Are a Great Way to Offer Warm Wishes

It’s that time of year again when you need to start thinking about sending out your holiday greetings, and this year you may to consider personalized Christmas cards. Giving personalized Christmas cards to everyone on your holiday greetings list can be a wonderful way to offer your seasonal greetings. The question is -- what type of personalized Christmas cards should you send?

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What Business Christmas Cards Can Do for Your Business

If you are a small business owner, you should definitely consider sending out business Christmas cards this holiday season. Business Christmas cards are a great way to maintain and expand your clientele while passing along warm holiday wishes and cheer. If you don’t send out business Christmas cards as a rule, you should read this before nixing the idea this year.

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The Christmas Letter Is Replacing The Christmas Card For Many Families

Do you get tired of receiving dozens and dozens of Christmas letters that look pretty much the same way and say pretty much the same thing? Well so is everyone that you send your Christmas cards to. Why not do something different this year? Skip the Christmas cards this holiday season and write a Christmas letter instead.

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How to plan your Christmas cards list.

Hi everyone -- Angie here. Well, October is ending today and in comes November. I’m starting to get really excited about the holidays. Christmas is right around the corner! Can you believe how the time is flying? I think it’s time to start planning our Christmas cards lists.

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Posted by Angie | Permalink

Hi everyone, it’s Faith. I just have to get this off my chest. It’s only October and I swear I’m going nuts trying to figure out who should get Christmas cards, who shouldn’t get Christmas cards, what kind of Christmas cards to send out, the list goes on.

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