Happy Christmas from Me

You might have noticed from last year’s experience that giving out greeting cards is a grueling thing to accomplish.  You plan around 50 or more people whom you’d be giving out thank you or greeting cards.  Thus, if you don’t prepare for your once a year card-giving activity, you may perhaps find yourself in a hurry.  However you can stay away from this hassle from occurring by performing your research, which consists of the following:

1. A list of recipients

Honestly, you can’t count somebody out.  You were able to dispatch seventy cards to several people and realized you forgot to give one to your dear neighbor and four other friends.  Now, you can’t say to them “Oh, I’m terribly sorry, but I’ll give you one in a while” when it’s now New Year’s Eve.  The best thing is to make a complete list of people who are important to you.  This should be made several weeks before sending out the Christmas cards.  To help you out, try listing all your friends, close neighbors, colleagues, family, and others.  Under the “others” list you can include your ex-lover or the milk truck driver, if you like to.

2. Select your materials

Selecting the material, the color, and design depends upon your taste.  This is where your individuality is shown.  Don’t purchase a box of stationery only for the reason that your co-worker went on buying one last week.  Pick your own design.  Do it using your technique.  You can ,in fact, spend occasional walks into shops that retail greeting cards for all events.  You can choose to have only one style of card for everybody.  Or you may decide based on who you’re sending them out to.

3. Have a specific time to prepare them

Whilst you can prepare the greeting cards prior to bedtime or during your leisure time on a weekend, please don’t prepare it at work, especially if it’s an interference to your function.  Personalized Christmas cards may demand some more time so make sure that you buy cards and prepare them weeks before you
intend to give them out.  If you do it hastily on the 23rd of December, you have a good likelihood of not remembering other people.

4. Be personal

Greeting cards are a medium of sharing your kind feelings and thoughts.  A humble “Merry Christmas” is all right but you can be more personal by leaving some thoughts.  For instance, you can write a note to a co-worker on how you love having coffee moments with them.  Tell your acquaintance how much you enjoyed your recent shopping spree with them.  Say to your partner how happy you are that this is your 5th, 15th, or 25th Christmas together.  Impart just a few modest yet sincere feelings. If you are a manager or a supervisor, demonstrate how positive you are of your team by means of business Christmas cards, which can be attached with bonus cash or gifts.

Needless to say, remember to have your name marked on the card. You can’t leave your receiver guessing.