I START MAKING MY CHRISTMAS CARDS OUT THANKSGIVING AND THE 2 DAYS AFTER IT.THEN I HAVE TIME TO GET MORE CARDS IF I NEED TO. I LOVE GETTNG AND SENDING CHRISTMAS CARDS SINCE I WAS A KID AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS GOT A CARD BACK FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY.IF YOU SENT A CHRISTMAS CARD TO THE WHITE HOUSE YOU WILL GET ONE BACK.

http://search.antiqnet.com/antiqueshoppe/articles/dec05/christmas05.htm

http://www.whitehouse.gov/holiday/2002/cards.html

ALSO ITS A GREAT WAY TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH OF SOMEONE YOU LIKE.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/12/14/notes121405.DTL

SOME FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIANS COMPLAINED THAT THE WHITE HOUSE CARDS ARE GETTING TOO GENERIC AND DONT MENTION CHRISTMAS.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CARD, AND THE MOST UNUSUAL ONE YOU GOT. I GOT CARDS THAT HAD MAGNETIC CALENDARS. I GOT ONE CARD THAT HAD A PICTURE OF SANTA, HIS SALEIGH AND REINDEER WITH ONE REINDEER LYING ON HIS SIDE. SANTA WAS SAYING ~ I HATE GETTING A FLAT.

I HATE LOOSING THE ADDREESSES OF PEOPLE I GET MY CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM.NOT WANTING ANYONE TO LOSE MY ADDRESS I NOW PUT MY ADDRESS ON THE BACX OF ALL MY CHRISTMAS CARDS. THAY SHOW SANTA AND HIS REINDEER IN FLIGHT. YES IF YOU SEND A CARD I WILL SEND YOU ONE.

THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING DAY I START SENDING MY CARDS OUT BY GOING TO BURGER KING PUTTING A NEWSPAPER ON THE TABLE, AND A SODA AND NAPKINS BETWEEN THEM. NEWSPAPERS ARE GOOD FOR CLEANING UP LIQUIDS. I USED TO PUT A SECTION ON BUS SEATS THAT WERE WET FROM BAD WINDOW SEALS DURING RAIN SO WOULD GET A SEAT. WHEN I GOT UP SEAT UNDER PAPER WOULD BE DRY AS WOULD I.

OOPS I GOT SIDE TRACKED AND I AM NOT A TRAIN. SHAZBOT.

ANYWAY I WOULD PILE THE CARDS UPSIDE DOWN AND THEN WRITE ON THE BACK OF CARDS TIMELOYD RICH 705 N. CARICO CARBONDALE, ILL. U.S.A.
http://community.webtv.net/Taimm/FLYINGREINDEERSNACK

I GET ADDRESS LABELS FROM NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MAIL AND THEY CAN BE PUT ON THE BACK OF THE CHRISTMAS CARDS. IF THERE IS ONE ON THE ENVELOPE I GET I CAREFULLY REMOVE IT AND PUT IT ON THE BACK OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD I RECEIVED. EASIER THEN COPYING THE ADDRESS ON BACK OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD SO I DONT LOSE IT. A FRIEND COMPLAINED ABOUT GETTING FREE LABELS TILL I TOLD HIM TO PUT THEM ON THE BACK OF CHRISTMAS CARDS WITH CORRECTION TO THEM IF NECCESSARY. THEY SOMETIMES GET MY NAME WRONG.

NOW THAT THE NAME AND ADDRESS IS ON BACK OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD I NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING THE ADDRESS AND THEY WILL GET A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM ME.

AFTER I GOT DONE I WOULD OPEN UP EACH CARD AND WRITE A MESSAGE INSIDE AND THEN PUT IT IN AN ENVELOPE AND ADDRESS IT .I SOMETIMES INCLUDE AN ITEM LIKE A SMALL CALANDER OR BOOK MARK. NOW THAT IS DONE.

I GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND BUY CHRISTMAS STAMPS. I LIKE REINDEER ONES BECAUSE OF MY WEB SITE ~ FLYING REINDEER SNACK AND HOW SANTAS REINDEER FLY.. THE 2007 STAMPS SHOWING NORTHERN LIGHTS LOOK LIKE SANTAS SLEIGH BLENDING WITH THE NORTHERN LIGHTS BECOMING THEM.THEN I SEAL THE ENVELOPES ANNN YUCK WHY CANT THEY HAVE A GLUE ON THEM THAT TASTES GOOD LIKE PEPPERMINT ~ WITH VITAMIN C IN IT.

MY FAVORITE MEMORY OF CHRISTMAS CARDS IS THE SCENE IN ~ MIRACLE ON 34th STREET ~ WHERE ALL THE POST MEN BRING BAGS AND BAGS OF MAIL TO SANTA CLAUS AND PUT THEM ON THE JUDGES COUNTER THE LETTERS FALLING OFF ONTO THE FLOOR .. TO PROVE SANTA IS REAL.

HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS. PEOPLE IN SANTA CLAUS, INDIANA, NORTH POLE, ALASKA, AND OTHER TOWNS WITH CHRISTMAS NAMES WILL SEND CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SANTA WITH POST MARK. I KNOW SANTAS REAL ADDRESS BEING SANTAS HELPER AND WILL PUT IT HERE WHEN I FIND IT. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR HIS ADDRESS

SANTA CLAUS ~ MAIN POST OFFICE ~ ARCTIC CIRCLE ~ ROVANIEMI, LAPLAND HOH OHO

I CAME ACROSS A CHRISTMAS CARD HOLDER TO PUT MY CARDS IN > A FRIEND TAPPED THEM TO RIBBONS AND HUNG THEM ON HIS CHRISTMAS TREE.. MOM USED TO PUT THEM ON THE COUNTER. HOWEVER YOU DISPLAY YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS ~ HAVE A MARVELOUS CHRISTMAS AND A SHININ NEW YEAR. THEN

THERE ARE THE E~MAIL CHRISTMAS CARDSYOU CAN SEND AND RECEIVE ON YOUR COMPUTER

http://www.caddylakgraffix.com/category.aspx?categoryID=446

http://www.Santa-Claus.com

REMEMER WHERE YOUR TOWEL IS, LIVE LONG AND PROSPER. HAVE A MARVELOUS CHRISTMAS AND A SHININ NEW YEAR [O__) : : : : +   


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I don't send as many cards as I use to, so I don't get as many as I use to either. Years ago, we made placemats with our cards. We would cut out the pretty parts (bells, bows, Santa, critters, etc) make a rectangle collage by glueing the shapes on a large sheet of construction paper Let the glue dry. Then use clear contact paper to cover the front and the back leaving about 1/2 inch of contact paper at the edges to seal. They were very pretty and lasted for years.