For the last few years, sending Christmas cards has not been a huge priority. Yes, I eventually send them, but it’s usually not until early to mid January. Who cares? Besides, a number of recipients have commented that the card actually gets looked at instead of thrown in the heap with countless others. I’ve contemplated converting to New Years Greetings to co-inside with my timeliness, but realized that would take more effort than I care to expend AND there’s the rebuttal from my wife, contending the discounted rate is better at 100 than 50. Imagine that!
To answer the next question. Yes, my wife and I have separate address books. Some find this unusual. But I am a responsible adult that can take care of my own friends and their addresses. Also, remember I am a Hallmark junkie.
Unfortunately, this past season really got away from me. When it came time to order the cards, I actually considered bowing out this year. Gasp! Then decided otherwise and received the 100 count price. Read my mind, okay.
New Years came and went. My cards still sat there. By the way, my reluctance – maybe that’s not the best word to choose – had nothing to do with laziness. I am not and will never be a lazy ass. However, life does throw you lemons; prioritizing is essential. So is finding a new recipe to make that damn lemonade. But that’s a whole nother story.
Then a flash of brilliance struck. It does happen from time to time. I decided to send my Christmas cards for Valentine’s Day. A novel idea if I do say so myself. Our card this year was non-descript – Only Merry Christmas was written on the front with a generic Shutterfly ‘wishing you blah, blah, blah in 2015’. Snowflakes where the background. Perfect. I decided to slap and address label with the words …
Be our … belated Christmas card*
Happy Valentine’s Day
… over the Merry Christmas. The rest just worked – sometimes generic phrasing is best. For the snowflakes… . It snows until May here in Northern Michigan. So, I was golden.
My problem was solved.
Here’s another offering for that Hallmark holiday I recently found in my inbox. Thx Kimmie.
*Unfortunately my … was misplaced. The actual address label read – Be our belated … Christmas card. But it is correct here. To me, that’s really all that matters.
