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It’s that time of year! Thanksgiving is just barely past (I’m still filling up on leftovers) but lots of us are already fully immersed in Christmas preparation. I just spent some time next to our pretty white tree choosing photos for our cards this year. It’s always so fun to look back on the year, don’t you think? These laughter-filled outtakes from our shoot with Deb Schwedhelm back in April didn’t make it onto our cards, but they are just too fun not to share.
Will you be sending out cards this Christmas? Each year it seems like fewer and fewer families are carrying on this tradition — which makes me sad. I like when my mailbox is filled with red and green and holly and glittery snowscapes!
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I like the family newsletters/updates that usually accompany the cards.
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Fun to read — but probably not something anyone would ever get from me, hahaha! ;-P
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I like receiving cards in the mail (not bills!) and knowing that my friends and family far away are thinking of us.
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YAY for mail that doesn’t require me to send money back! :)
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I love seeing everyone’s Christmas cards & my favorite is definitely the pictures! Mostly cards with more than one! :)
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I so agree! We put four different pictures on our cards this year :)
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these photos are amazing!!
i actually enjoy sitting down, addressing the cards and writing a little personal note to our friends and family. these days it’s only a sentence or two, but something I enjoy ;)
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Deb’s an incredible photog! You’re a rare one; the art of letter writing is nearly extinct, I feel.
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I hang everyone’s cards on a mobile made of clips. By christmas all the cards spin like a starburst of thoughfulness- friends & family smiling at me. I keep the pictures in the mobile box, so I can watch kids grow, year to year, or be reminded of friends out of touch. It’s a favorite holiday tradition, hanging that mobile.
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I love Christmas cards that are personalized with pictures. Christmas cards are special and I love to keep them to display for next Christmas.
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i like the card merry mr snowman…and i love that they have sooo many cards
and i love to put them on my tree
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i love christmas cards bc they are snal mail love and it shows your thinking of someone to take the time and send them
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I love seeing photos of family and of friends’ families who live far away.
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I love keeping the photos up all year long – just a little reminder of all the people in our lives
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I love seeing how our friends & family have grown & changed over the last year!
lacy.katie {at} gmail.com
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pictures of kids. i even like looking at my inlaw’s christmas cards with pictures of kids i don’t know!
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i love to receive Christmas cards from my family members (since we are all spread out around the globe) to see what everybody has been up to.
one of my favorite things is pulling out old Christmas cards its fun to see how much everybody has grown and changed too over the years… :)
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