Christmas Cards

              About a month ago, we started to gather addresses for things like cards and gifts. Now is when we actually use them.  I like to get my Christmas cards done and mailed as early as possible. It’s just nice for people to get them done early.

                In our house, we just kind of make two lists of names, and each take on half of the cards each. We take an evening, and turn on a Christmas movie to enjoy while we fill out our cards. We do something little a special for the evening.

                So that’s one earlier post flashback, here is another, those gifts we got started on early. If you’re not done already, hopefully you ARE done those gifts that need to be mailed. Last Christmas we didn’t realize how long a gift can actually take to send to the other side of the country. I know it makes sense, but when this time of year rolls around and you get a large to do list, time can get away from you. We got lucky and the gift got there in time.

                Here is another flashback, the budget. Now is when you need to take into account that money you budgeted and get things like boxes, paper, cards, envelopes, and of course postage.

                This assignment tends to be a big one on our lists we hold off on for far too long, and weighs on you. We don’t have a lot of days left, get it done now, and that’s a big task, handled.