I don’t really get the point of Christmas cards. Christmas letters, I get. I like to get updates from friends and families, to see a few pictures, hear what has happened during the year. But just the Christmas card that comes in the mail? I don’t understand the point of them. Normally, it just says “Merry Christmas, love the Johnsons…” or something on the inside, and then there is the question of what to do with it. Do we collect all of them and stand them up on a table…hang them up…? Is the goal to get as many as you can so people who come over see the mass of Christmas cards and think you’re really popular? Granted, it’s not just Christmas cards for me. Cards in general, while I do give them on occasion, don’t make a lot of sense to me. Generally you get a card, open it, skim it, and throw it away.
But every now and then I get a Christmas card that makes me laugh. Josh sent Sarah and me this card, and I thought it was so good it needed to be on pomomusings.
So, friends, consider this card your Christmas card from all of us here at pomomusings.com – Merry Christmas!
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i know someone who gave this card out last year. it’s one of my all-time favorites [i am totally with you on not understanding the card phenomenon]. i’ve also seen people start to send out cheesy picture cards on purpose [with the ridiculous sweaters, crazy christmas decor and forced toothy grins] those also make for good laughs :)
After 16 years in ministry I’ve given up on Christmas cards. I want to be fully present with the adults, youth and children I am working with. In Advent the number of church activities triples! The only way I get my gifts ‘done’ and honor my committment to be 100% for those I serve in ministry with-is to get my gifts wrapped before Thanksgiving! Cards just don’t happen. I enjoy receiving them from church members and I cherish them whether they include long letters or a simple signature. Sadly, I don’t get them out anymore.
I am working on a “New Year’s card”. I think I can pull that off!
My wife and I chuckled at that one for quite a while.
Marry Christmas to you and Sarah.
Greeting cards are the analog equivalent to the Facebook poke. You’re not really sure why anyone bothered to poke, and you’re equally unsure why anyone bothered to send the card. Yet, both of them are strangely satisfying. . .and capable of producing intense guilt until you return the favor.
Great theme… :)
Merry Christmas my freind.
BDG
Christmas cards are the equivalent of Buckeyes on your helmet – crap, did i just say that? Status baby. There’s nothing like the feeling of inviting friends in and having them trip over the mound of Christmas cards piled at the front door, just waiting to be boxed up for next year’s Christmas gift tags. They really do make excellent gift tags – and way cheaper than buying them.
One quick question – is that a royal “all of us”? Are you including Sarah in that “all of us”? Or are there actually a group of people AT pomomusings.com? If so, I’m curious to meet “all of us” – the outfit has grown so much since I was at Princeton…
all of us being who exactly?