Christmas Cards
Reflecting on the dying tradition of homemade card.
Each year about this time something happens. My mailbox is a little fuller and the mail lady has to carry a bit more in her arms. Some of this is accounted for by the online purchasing of goods, some due to the increased junk mail touting HUGE after Thanksgiving sales, but the additional mail I look forward to comes in small colorful envelopes. It might be just me, but I enjoy Christmas cards. I’ve been fortunate, I guess, to have incredibly talented family and friends that deliver these amazing little cards year after year.
The past few weeks I’ve started to notice something new. It’s not the paintings of Santa Claus and Rudolph splashed on the side of every department store window, or the lights that were hung days and weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. Don’t get me wrong, those are eventful and this is by far my favorite time of year.
Over the last few days I have linked to several iPhone apps and