EVERYONE should sign the card
The Holidays are Coming! The Holidays are Coming! While December is still weeks away, families everywhere are getting their Christmas and Holiday cards ready. Photographers have been scheduled to capture the children so everyone can see how the little ones are not so little anymore. Stationery stores are displaying binders of Holiday cards and people are going through page after page of options. Folks are thinking about what the Christmas card should say. In a few weeks, once the cards arrive, people everywhere will sit down to write a Christmas or Holiday card…and that’s where I have an issue!
Over the years, I have received TONS of Christmas, Holiday and New Years Cards. I love following how my friend’s children grow each year and come into their own. What I don’t really understand is why some cards only have one signature? The New Year’s card may list 5 names but only one person made the effort to sign the card? Doesn’t the card represent wishes from the entire family? May I go so far as to say that we have a responsibility to ensure that all members of the family sign their name. Granted it requires some organization, and a definite effort but signing 100 cards will not take that much extra effort. I’m speaking from experience. Okay, so there are steps that must be taken before everyone can sign. I’m in charge of all the prep work related to the cards. That includes scheduling the photographer, investigating printing options, updating the mailing list, affixing pictures, addressing the envelopes and most importantly buying the colored pens. Only once everything is prepped and ready will we proceed to the crucial step. My husband, my two daughters and I arrange ourselves assembly line around the dinning room table. We each select a different colored pen and start signing our names. My husband calls out the name on the card so that everyone knows who the card is for and then, one by one everyone signs the card. Since I’ve already signed my name (during the prep work) I have the task of inserting the card into the envelope (folded end inserted first so the card doesn’t get torn with the letter opener).
As the girls grow older, it takes less time to sign all the cards. The first year that we started, my youngest was only able to make an “x” on the card. It really was a case of…it’s the thought that counts.
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Aleluia!!
Ten top Pointers:
1,, use holiday theme stamps
2,, hand write the address
3,, include your return address
4,, hand write reciepients name
inside the card
5,, add short hand written note
6,, always “hand sign” the card
even if it’s printed
7,, do not use computor printed address labels
8,, include dates and ages of your siblings
9,, Again, hand sign the card
10,,Again, hand sign the card
–written 12/16/2009–
A Christmas Card sent (as a minimum required tradition) requirers proper
and formal etiquette, of which many (unfortunately) do not have.
I am personnally Appauled of how many cards my wife and I get that are “NOT”
HAND SIGNED !!!
A hand signed card Authentitcates it and personalizes it, that the sender actually
truly cares. An “Un-signed” card is near worthless to me, and sends a statement
from the sender that they don’t have a mere 5 seconds to sign your card, and just
don’t care enough about you.
Should everyone in a family sign a card,,,, Absolutely,,,,without a doubt !!!!
(check web sites on “christmas card etitquette”)
An “un-signed” Christmas card is the worst thing someone can (not) do