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Christmas Cards – Don’t Forget the Beauty of Them

We send Christmas cards to friends and family around the country and the world to show them how much we care – but I think sometimes that we take Christmas cards for granted and we pick out the one with the pretty picture and we rush through them signing our names and sticking them in an envelope and we forget how truly personal we can make a Christmas card and that the real meaning of the card is an I Love You and I am thinking of you – and isn’t that the real meaning of Christmas?

Choose Your Cards With Care

Yes, buying the box set of cards is far less expensive than picking out individual cards for every person you’d want to send out, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take the time to make the cards individual and write a personal note into each one. Some people include their Christmas letters summing up the previous year and putting family and friends on the same page as to where they are in their lives and that’s cool too, but one of the ways we like to make Christmas personal here is to write down a thought that is individual to the person we are sending the card too.

Spouse Cards

Picking out the right Christmas card for my husband is always something that takes a lot of time. I don’t necessarily want a sappy card that says a lot of flowery things. Instead, I tend to choose the cards that have a joke in them that means something to the both of us. The card can be a shopping trip in and of itself and on at least three different Christmases it’s taken several trips to several different card stores, grocery stores and the card sections of Target and Walmart and more to find that perfect card.

After I find the one that works, I sit down and write a personal note to him – sometimes it’s short and sweet and sometimes it’s longer. I always try to find a way to thank him for the special things we did that year and sometimes I just thank him for being him. The goal of the card is to convey my feelings and to make him smile and if I can see his lips curve upwards and his eyes lighten up – then I’ve done my job.

How do you make Christmas Cards special?

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.