In the last house I lived in before moving to college it had these wonderful archways when transitioning from room to room. It was something I always loved about that house. During Christmas season I loved getting the mail because it was one of the times I was allowed to open the mail and we decorated the archways with the Christmas cards received. Some years we would get so many we covered two archways.
In the last few years, I have noticed a sharp decline in the amount of cards we received. This year we have only received 6. I realize the economy has been in the toilet and we have all had to make cuts where ever possible. However, not sending Christmas cards shouldn't be one of them. Christmas cards are a way to send Christmas cheer. I have always had a family picture to include and some years I even included a Christmas Letter because life had changed so much. But I have never not sent Christmas cards.
Three weeks after Madelynn was released from the hospital the first time and one week after she was released the second time, I made the kids sit and smile for a picture . It took longer than it should have but I finally clicked that one picture. A day or two later my Christmas cards went out in the mail. It was important at that time to find something in my life that seemed normal. I felt great sending them out because people were receiving something other than a bill.
So before you decide to skip it this year, ponder the possibility that you could be mailing a smile when the person at the other end opens the card.
TTFN~
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