I have a compulsion about Christmas cards. I have been doing them since I was about 16 or 17. My family moved around a lot as I was growing up. At Christmas I felt like I could do this one thing to hold onto not just the people who actually cared enough to write back and forth with me all year - and there were several; I was a dedicated letter writer - but others I remembered and thought about.
I took this photo of our door a couple of days ago. This is how my mom displays Christmas greetings at her house. I have never tried to think of another way, although one year we had a door with a nine-pane glass window and I had to tape the cards up around the doorjamb instead.
A few more cards have arrived since then. And there are the newsletters, which I don't display, but I do love them. News of the kids we taught in nursery or the children of my high school friends, no matter how braggy or sensational (and usually it's not) thrills me. Family pictures in red sweaters are universally smiled at here in this house, especially when they come from message board or blog friends I've not had the chance to be with a lot in real life. And the cards - pretty or clever or intricate or even just ordinary, I love them all.
So if you get a card and letter from me and you think it's annoying or prideful or weird, I apologize. I sincerely just want everybody to have as much fun with Christmas cards as I do.
Here are some of my favorites this year:
The yin-yang penguin
The pop-up
3 comments:
I have high hopes every year for sending out Christmas. And I also love receiving them. How do you feel about Valentines? I might get it together to get those out this year.
Ana,
I love these too. I sent out 200 cards this year, between friends and our two squadrons that we are members of we had a ton to do. I have a wall dedicated to ours and I love to hear how everyone is doing and reconnect. I would love to be added to your list!!! Happy New Year. Jackie
Jackie, email me your address!
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