I've been getting Christmas cards in the mail the last couple days! Applause, my friends, for being so on top of things. You all have had very cute cards and pictures. How the kids have grown! It's been so fun to see.
Well guys, I will not be sending out any of my handmade creations this year. Truth be told, I've spent too much time making them for other people! (and if I never see another Christmas card in my life, it will be too soon.) (Not including all of yours.) But I HAVE to send Christmas cards....what kind of self-respecting Heather Jamie Burton Ipson would I be if I didn't?! Sigh. What do y'all think....to send or not to send?
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I am in the camp of "don't send," but I never send cards myself. There are plenty of other great things to spend time doing during the holiday season, and I figure I can forgo a "what-we've-been-up-to" letter thanks to my blog. It's your call, though.
I say if you find a "spare moment" to send out cards that is just wonderful, but I'm pretty sure you're life is as crazy as mine and "spare moments" don't come that often. So I say, you're fine with not sending out cards this year. :)
I have chosen to take the easy way out and bought a box of "insert family picture here" cards last year after Christmas and will be sending those to family...but I'll be lucky if I actually get those out in time for Christmas.
Considering you'll get a card from me, you know my opinion. I had the same internal debate this year but couldn't bring myself to not do them. Maybe I expect too much of myself, who knows. But I love getting them, so I figure I'd better send them. And it actually hasn't been as much work as I anticipated. One way I'm making it a little bit easier, faster, and cheaper this year is I'm only mailing them to family and close friends. Other, more distant friends that I don't keep in touch with quite as much, I am emailing it (since it's digital I can do that!) and my newsletter to.
SEND!!!!!
Eh...why bother? I guess I still feel like a "new" wife and mom so it never occurs to me to be grown-up and send Christmas cards of my own! Plus it takes too much time and the people I care about check my blog so you all know what's going on anyway right? Maybe next year I'll finally graduate into a "real family" and send out cards....maybe not. I say you should RELAX and not worry about it!
If I had a baby as cute as yours, I would definitely be sending out Christmas cards. I will help you do it when you get to Utah.
No offense to Ambra...I completely respect people deciding to not send cards. It is just one more thing to do this month. But I have to beg to differ that having a blog is a replacement. I have a lot of family and friends that I'm sending cards to who don't check my blog. So they will want to see and hear how we are doing. I love getting cards from friends and family whether or not they have a blog I check. So I figure other people will enjoy getting mine whether or not I check my blog. But obviously, if it is going to push your stress level over the top, then don't kill yourself to get them out. :)
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