Christmas card letters

[digitS']

What do you say? Are there any that you receive that delight you with holiday cheer &/or worthwhile news?

Things tend not to change much, after children leave home. I've started writing but haven't even picked out a cheery image or anything of the sort.

Might have even missed distant delivery but these are mostly local and some of the people are almost business associates but still those to whom we would like to express some appreciation for a good relationship through the year.

Steve

what i did in in 2015 was include a few words formatted in the shape of an Xmas tree with the final words scattered about in a jumble - because they had "fallen" from the tree. also there was a quote from a book i had been reading about someone carrying seeds away from her lifelong home, anticipating a future garden. finally, there was the image of tree branches, bare but covered with snow.

 

[thistlebloom]

I used to get a yearly letter that stood out from the rest. We had moved away and this family had been good friends with us and our boys.
It was refreshing in that it was newsy without being braggy. They spoke of their kids, but not in a superior way. They are humble, compassionate people and that shone through on their written page.

I am probably the worst correspondent on the planet. Maybe the universe! Being a terrible correspondent gets you removed from most Christmas card lists, although many people have doggedly stuck with us for years.
I'm so embarrassed to confess that I have only sent out Christmas greetings a handful of times in 39 years of married life.

Our dentist sends us a card and some of the charities we help...and now and then an old friend will try again. This year I got a nice photo card from a TEGer. I won't embarrass her, but her initials are....well, maybe she wants to remain below the radar....

 

[ninnymary]

I've never sent Christmas cards in my life. Didn't send thank you's for the wedding gifts either.

I have in the past written a short card to put in a gift bag along with some tamales. These are for a very few selected people. Each card was individualized according to what that person meant to me. It took time and thought.

I really don't like cards where the person just signs their name. The people in my inner circle who are dear to me know who they are. We don't need to give each other cards. Our actions throughout the year is what counts for me.

P.S. I guess you guys know it wasn't me that sent Thistle that card!

Mary

 

[majorcatfish]

we send cards to new friends and to people who are close to us.....

 

[thistlebloom]

I've never sent Christmas cards in my life. Didn't send thank you's for the wedding gifts either.

I have in the past written a short card to put in a gift bag along with some tamales. These are for a very few selected people. Each card was individualized according to what that person meant to me. It took time and thought.

I really don't like cards where the person just signs their name. The people in my inner circle who are dear to me know who they are. We don't need to give each other cards. Our actions throughout the year is what counts for me.
P.S. I guess you guys know it wasn't me that sent Thistle that card!

Mary

Haha! You nut!
Yeah, the cards I shake my head at are the picture ones in an envelope, open it up and there's your friends on a card. Turn it over, nothing. Not even a signature. I mean I appreciate that they thought of us (I guess) but not even a "go suck a banana you jerk" message?

@ninnymary , you and I must be twins separated at birth! I didn't send thank yous for my wedding gifts either.
I made them all out, I just never actually mailed them.

My poor mom.

 

[digitS']

Some people, I see frequently for a little while during the year but not at all thru the winter. I don't use the telephone. These are older people who seldom text, if at all.

The exceptions are a cousin and two school friends. Well, they are older but I see them every couple of years, if that. Two will send cards with notes, faithfully! My cousin's is very chatty about her family. I've never met anyone other than her husband but appreciate that she includes me ... at the earliest minute in the holiday season !

So, I've got be "humble, compassionate," "newsy without being braggy." Okay, I can try.

Steve

 

[ninnymary]

For years I used to get a Christmas card from an ex boyfriend's mom. She was dear to me. I regret that I never responded or tried contacting her. Always meant to but never did. One year my husband and I went to visit her when our third child was born. That was the last time I saw her. Then one year the cards stopped. I think she may have died. I never kept the cards so I couldn't trace her. My one big regret so far.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

So, I've got be "humble, compassionate," "newsy without being braggy." Okay, I can try.

I don't think you're going to have any problem with that at all Steve.

Mary, don't get us started on our life's regrets mine could fill a book. Not an encyclopedia, but at least a Farmers Almanac.

 

[catjac1975]

I am the worst at writing letters. I do like to get them from those I do not see too often to keep up with their lives.

 

[catjac1975]

For years I used to get a Christmas card from an ex boyfriend's mom. She was dear to me. I regret that I never responded or tried contacting her. Always meant to but never did. One year my husband and I went to visit her when our third child was born. That was the last time I saw her. Then one year the cards stopped. I think she may have died. I never kept the cards so I couldn't trace her. My one big regret so far.

Mary

Google her name and if she died the obituary will come up. Her address will come up if she is still living.