{"id":1498,"date":"2009-09-21T10:28:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T14:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2025-11-27T01:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:52:37","slug":"why-custom-christmas-cards-are-more-personal-than-a-holiday-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/personalized-christmas-cards\/why-custom-christmas-cards-are-more-personal-than-a-holiday-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Custom Christmas Cards are More Personal than a Holiday Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which would you prefer to receive\u2026a custom Christmas card or the increasingly-popular holiday newsletter? Some say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards\/personalized-christmas-cards.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>custom Christmas cards<\/strong><\/a>, with an imprinted holiday message and the name of the sender on the inside, are impersonal. I disagree. I think a customized imprint actually reflects the care and thought that you put into choosing your holiday card. When I have ordered such holiday cards, I always take the time to address them to each recipient and sign each individually\u2026this is a simple way of making your holiday correspondence more personal.<\/p>\n<p>Personalized holiday cards are distinctive and beautiful, often with embossed designs with shiny foil details. In the past, I have been told by friends and family that my cards are the prettiest\u2026so pretty that they kept and stored my card with their other holiday d\u00e9cor instead of just discarding it like the other holiday cards they received.<\/p>\n<p>I find the holiday newsletter (or the \u201cdreaded holiday newsletter,\u201d as I often refer to it) to be quite impersonal. What is so thoughtful about writing down all the events that have occurred in your life in the past year, printing it on some cheap paper (often with faded holiday designs), and photocopying it 50 or 60 times to send it to your nearest and dearest? If they were truly \u201cnear and dear,\u201d they most likely already know about all the things you wrote about, especially in the age of email communication. If they do not know any of it, then perhaps they are not so near and dear after all and sending them such a newsletter will just reinforce that fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Which would you prefer to receive\u2026a custom Christmas card or the increasingly-popular holiday newsletter? 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