Organize Your Christmas Cards for Success
October 30, 2009 by cquiroga001
Filed under Get Ready For Christmas
Do you send out Christmas cards to family, friends and other people you know? This is a very popular Christmas tradition. Many people love to send out Christmas cards – and especially love to receive them!
But even though they may love Christmas cards, getting one’s Christmas cards sent out sometimes can seem quite overwhelming. In today’s world the average person knows about 50 to 100 people they can easily feel comfortable in sending Christmas cards to. That’s a lot of personal mail to manage all at once, especially when you include all of the other Christmas chores families have during this holiday time. Fortunately there are some ways you can organize your Christmas cards for success.
One of the best tips we can give you in order to send out your Christmas cards is to not plan on doing this entire chore in one sitting. Because while sending out Christmas cards is fun – it truly is a chore or errand – it is something we must take time out of our personal lives to do. When you think of getting the entire thing done at once it is so easy to push this to the side and say you’ll do it later. That’s when people often wind up looking at the calendar to realize it is December 26th and it is too late to send their cards out! We suggest you do each of these mini chores, step by step.
Begin by making a master list of exactly who you’d like to send Christmas cards to. Add everyone you want to send a card to. You may have to narrow this list down, but get everyone out on paper in front of you. Keep this list somewhere handy.
From this list now find everyone’s current address. Remember to get a zip code for their address – or the Christmas cards will have trouble reaching them in time. Write down all of the addresses or keep them in your address book where they are accessible to you.
Now we enter the “preparation” phase. Time to pick out your Christmas cards and order personalization if needed. Remember that takes extra time. Order your Christmas mailing address labels. Get your Christmas stamps for mailing. Get a special red or green pen to address your Christmas cards. Keep all of your Christmas card supplies in one location, it can be anywhere you wish and it any type of container you wish – just in one location and one location only.
The week after Thanksgiving start addressing your Christmas cards while you watch television. This is an easy chore and you’ll likely get them done within a few days if not the week. Add the return address label and the stamp.
The second week write your family Christmas letter. Take it to the copy place to have copies made on Christmas paper. Sign each copy and fold it so it will fit in your Christmas letter.
The third week, begin writing your Christmas cards. It is ideal if you can add a short personal note to each. Write one or two sentences to each person you are sending a Christmas card to.
You are now at about December 10th and your Christmas cards are ready to mail. Take them to the post office and mail them! Enjoy the holidays stress free.
