{"id":10,"date":"2007-08-23T08:47:50","date_gmt":"2007-08-23T12:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/greeting-card-etiquette\/regarding-personal-christmas-cards\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:36:54","slug":"regarding-personal-christmas-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/personalized-christmas-cards\/regarding-personal-christmas-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Regarding Personal Christmas Cards…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally ventured out of the nest and got an apartment with some friends for the first time when I was twenty-two. That first Christmas, my parents would open their personal Christmas cards<\/a><\/strong> and find them addressed to each member of our family \u2013 including me.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I should send my own card to\u2026\u201d I squinted at the name scrawled at the bottom of the card. \u201cAunt Muffy.\u201d I borrowed my mother\u2019s address book and looked for family and friends I knew, because I couldn\u2019t for the life of me figure out who Aunt Muffy was and how we were related to her. Nonetheless, I thought it was good etiquette to let them know I had gotten a place of my own and that any correspondence for me should be sent directly my way.<\/p>\n

The next day, I started writing out my cards. For the first time, I got to pick the design I most liked, the greeting I most related to, and I even got to break in my brand new address labels. It was a full three weeks before Christmas, so I thought I was ahead of the game. This independence, out on my own stuff wasn\u2019t so bad!<\/p>\n

I sent out approximately twenty-five cards that first year. Half had already sent a card with my name to my mother. Another few sent a card to my address. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know you moved out! Good luck!\u201d Unfortunately, a few came back marked \u201cReturn to Sender\u201d. Aunt Muffy didn\u2019t know how we were related either, apparently.<\/p>\n

The next year, I picked a new card, a new greeting, and new address labels. I also decided to get an envelope imprint, having settled comfortably into my first apartment by this point. A week went by, then another. I was beginning to wonder if I\u2019d forgotten to put stamps on the envelopes when my mother called me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got some Christmas cards today. Your name is on all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The same people who\u2019d wished me luck on my venturing out of the nest last year had already forgotten I\u2019d ventured at all. There was my name, right next to my brother\u2019s, in the family card. No personal Christmas card for me!<\/p>\n

As time has passed, my Christmas card list has changed. I\u2019m not so worried about those family members who will always see me as my parents\u2019 daughter. I have a new group of people to send to: friends and colleagues. And just think \u2013 someday, I\u2019ll forget to send their kids their own card when they move out, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Making the transition from living with your parents to moving into your own new pad can be exciting but challenging too. You\u2019re all ready to be independent, but don\u2019t be surprised if it takes a little longer for friends and family to recognize that! 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