Sending cards to your family and friends during the Christmas holidays is a great way to let them know you’re thinking about them, and it’s also a good idea for keeping in touch with business partners, customers and prospects. Many people send store-bought cards, but if you really want to make a personal impression on [...]

Are you looking for a creative idea for your annual family Christmas letter? If you’d like to “wow” your friends this year with something out of the ordinary, why not try making a holiday letter shaped like a Christmas tree? It’s not very difficult to do, although it does require some effort and maybe a [...]

From now until November 24, you can get a free copy of the Christmas card shown at right – A Western Christmas – Horse Christmas Sleigh – from Zazzle. Use the promo code CCPNPJESNGQC to get one free holiday card printed with the design above. Limit one per customer. Spread the word! You can also [...]

I know people who use Christmas cards to decorate during the holidays. I’ve seen folks stick cards on doors or refrigerators, hang them on strings to make mobiles or simply display them on a mantel. But many Christmas cards are opened, enjoyed, perhaps displayed for a short while, and then tossed in the trash with [...]

This year, don’t just spread goodwill toward men. With a few easy steps, you can also spread goodwill toward the earth and have a greener, more eco-friendly holiday. Here are some ideas. If you’re planning to purchase a cut Christmas tree, consider getting a living tree instead. You can find live trees during the holidays [...]

by Debora Dyess When I was a kid (more years ago than I care to recount) my daddy always made sure we each had a personalized Christmas ornament every year. He used a fine liner paintbrush and model car paint to meticulously write our name and the year on a Christmas ball, along with some [...]

Not long ago, when someone mentioned ‘Christmas cards’, you knew right away what they were talking about – a nice illustration and touching text, all wrapped up in a colored envelope and delivered to your mailbox. That was, of course, before the days of e-cards. Now paper Christmas cards are not always the greeting of [...]

If you’ve Elf Yourself-ed too many times to find it funny anymore, grab your digital photos and head over to FunPunch.com to check out their “You’re the Star” ecards for the holidays and Santa yourself. They’ve got some great free ecards for the holidays that let you add your own photo. Put on a Santa [...]

Americans send about 2.1 billion cards during the holidays, and most of them end up in the trash after the holidays. Here are some ideas for reusing your old cards. 1. Bookmarks – This is an easy craft that’s great for readers. Simply cut your old cards into long strips about one to two inches [...]

It’s fun during the holidays to pick out just the right Christmas cards or create your own holiday photo cards. But once you stick these carefully selected greetings in an envelope, all cards pretty much look the same – like boring rectangles of paper. The US Postal Service found a way to liven up our [...]

One of the busiest U.S. post offices during the holidays is the one in Santa Claus, Indiana. The only post office in the world named after Santa Claus post helps keep ol’ Kris Kringle’s magic alive by offering special “picture postmarks” during December. The city has been offering a picture postmark every year since 1983. [...]

Americans send more than 2 billion greeting cards during the holidays, and many of them are adorned with special Christmas postage stamps issued by the US Postal Service just for the occasion. But holiday stamps haven’t always been around. The first Christmas stamp in the United States was released in 1962, the first Hanukkah stamp [...]

If you’re ready to start shopping for your holiday cards but are looking for something a little different this year, you can find some great ideas online for unusual Christmas cards that are sure to delight your card recipients. All of the following articles will help you find unusual Christmas cards that be personalized and [...]

This year, Americans will send 2.1 billion cards during the holidays. Most of these cards are made from virgin paper, and most of them end up in the trash after the holidays. Creating cards from recycled paper not only saves virgin forest, but it also takes less energy to create paper from recycled materials than [...]

Creating your own personalized Christmas cards is easy these days, thanks to sites such as Astonishing Cards, Shutterfly, Moo.com and others that let you choose a card design, upload your own photo, and select your own greeting. But sometimes that big blank space inside the card can be intimidating. If you’re paralyzed by the white [...]