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The Christmas Card Conundrum

By shauna 1 Comment

We received our first Christmas card in the mail last week
and it reminded me how much I LOVE receiving Christmas cards!
But sending one can be such a conundrum!
First, there is the highly volatile matter of the photo. I
want a family photo to convey the peace of Christmas time and the joy of
family. But what I’ll settle for is a photo where everyone is facing forward…and no visible bunny ears.
Last year, it occurred to me around December 18th
that we didn’t have a presentable family photo. Then suddenly, I had a
brilliant, last-minute idea! We’d all wear stocking hats (concealing my bad hair);
and I’d print it in sepia (disguising our mismatching outfits); and we’d use
our undecorated artificial tree as the backdrop (an outdoorsy feel to complete
the deception).
I dug through the stocking hats, and found four. The
fifth was actually a ski mask with the eye holes in the back. Mission
accomplished.
I cropped the picture nice and tight, but couldn’t completely
crop the curtains without loosing half of Spencer’s face.
This was the result.
The Christmas Card Deception 2011
This year we’re aiming a little higher in the photo
department. But there’s still the matter of the Christmas letter!
I wanted to print the letter on the back of the photo (I ♥ Snapfish), but since there’s so
little space for a proper update, I’m considering writing the whole thing in
hashtags…even though I don’t tweet.
It might look something like this…
#Friendsandfamilyrock
#timeflies
#runningaroundlikeachickenwithmyheadcutofftoalltheboyssactivities
#kidsarehilarious
#kurtisadeerslayer
#substituteteachingprovidesblogfodder
#christisborn
#bringit2013
What would your
#hashtag Christmas letter say?
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  1. Confessions of a Creative Punctuator says:
    February 9, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    […] most of our friends and family don’t tweet, I decided against mailing a #hashtag Christmas letter. And yet I face another challenge: Written communications, electronic or print, pose a great […]

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