Christmas Traditions #5

Christmas Cards. I love getting and sending mail. Actual letters and cards that break up the monotony of bills and ads. That's why from Thanksgiving until Christmas, I love getting the mail. My favorites are the photo cards with a little letter. Love getting to see people's faces and read what they've been up to over the year.

This year I made our cards again. So simple. I basically ordered prints of our family photo. Bought red cardstock. Typed up a little little letter and assembled with shaped brads, glue and a hole punch. They turned out simple, yet nice. And they were so easy.

I go back and forth every year about whether I should make them or just buy them. I think that the making them is so much more fun and means more.

How do you feel about Christmas letters? That's another thing I go back and forth about each year. I try to put together a little something with a sentence or two about each family member. Short and sweet. I love getting letters, so I want to send them, but what do you think?

I also try to include the kids in the process. They add to the list certain people they want to send cards to and decorate some of the envelopes. (Not all, because then my cards wouldn't get out until March!)
T accompanied me to the post office to mail them off with love. Most* of our cards went out this week. I say most because there are still a couple I'm assembling or waiting for new addresses.

*What are some of your Christmas traditions? I'll be sharing several of mine (and ours) from now through Christmas and would love to know some of yours too...*