{"id":3233,"date":"2011-09-29T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T17:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=3233"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:26:57","slug":"give-holiday-cards-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/give-holiday-cards-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Your Holiday Cards A Chance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not a sentimental person. In fact, my co-workers would be more likely to describe me as a cynic by nature; always playing \u201cdevil\u2019s advocate\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards\/\"><strong>Holiday cards<\/strong><\/a> meant little to me, especially the ones from my employer. I always thought they were just an attempt to get everyone to work harder.<\/p>\n<p>I changed my mind last Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>It was a snowy morning, and it had been snowing much of the night. I was just getting around to opening the mail from the previous day, and had one envelope in my hand as I looked out my back window at the falling snow. The landscape was bleak. An ominous sky, deep snow, icy bare trees. A scrawny evergreen provided the only sign of life. I opened the envelope in my hand and it was this year\u2019s corporate Christmas card. Without thinking I took minute to look at it. On glossy white paper was a photo of a brilliant red Cardinal on an evergreen branch. It was in an embossed \u201cwindow-like\u201d frame, with sparkling snow falling and a simple \u201cSeason\u2019s Greetings\u201d. A classic and timeless scene: the beauty of nature braving the harshness of winter.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I had to smile. When I looked out the window again, there was a hardy Northern Cardinal in the evergreen, brightening up the yard\u2026and my day. The card in my hand had come to life! I\u2019ve been singing a different tune ever since. 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