What do you think about Christmas Cards?
A CREATION or a CHORE?
A BLESSING or a BORE?
Well I love Christmas Cards, but I hate having to find them because every year it seems that there are fewer to pick from.
You are probably amazed because you know that so many shops will stock them and of course so many places online too.
However there just is not a good choice anymore.
I am not a great shopper - I am better online than physically traipsing through the stores but even online I do not enjoy looking for Christmas Cards.
You see I am very particular about the Christmas Cards I send.
I want the cards I send to be a blessing to people and not bore them so they have to look attractive as well as have a true Christmas message.
This is the card I am sending this year.
I do not want ones which say
- Happy Holidays
- Season's Greetings
- Merry Xmas
- Really long soppy rhymes
I also do not want ones which show pictures of
- Cottages in the snow
- Wild Landscapes
- People Skating
- Untrue Nativity Scenes
But it all really comes down to the fact that I believe
the phrases and verses we write on Christmas Cards
are more important
than the cards themselves.
At one stage I thought I should just make my own cards like I did some birthday and anniversary cards but there are just so many Christmas cards to be ready for the one time that I knew I could not keep that up, so I didn't even start - it would have ended up a chore for me.
So what do I like?
Ones that turn our attention in some way towards the true reason for Christmas.
Click HERE and HERE to see a few of my favourite Christmas Cards from the last few years
