Monday, December 17, 2007

CHRISTMAS CARDS

The first big snow of the year arrived Saturday night, leaving 7+ inches on the ground Sunday morning.

All sorts of things were cancelled, including Sunday Church and Monday schools.
It was a window of opportunity for us to get the Christmas card ritual in full swing.

Cards and address books and stamps and address labels and the like were all assembled.
A Christmas newsletter was written, folded, and put in some of the cards.
A short handwritten note was included in most of the cards.

It is fun.
It is a lot of work.

It is a most worthwhile thing to do.

One of the reasons why it is important is that the ritual causes us to think about folks for a few minutes, to remember our relationships. The ritual is a reminder that we are not alone, that we share the world with a lot of really good people.

So, send out your cards. Be proud of yourself. Put a note in all of them and a newsletter in some of them.

Most recipients will thank you.

We read all cards and newsletters we get with great interest.
We know that a note and a newsletter take time to write.
We know that the writers care about us.

Merry Christmas to all who have sent them to us.

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