Christmas cards and starting new traditions

Sometimes we have to let go of traditions. I guess that’s why I get sad during the holiday season. However, it’s always great to start new traditions which is what Dave and I did today.

I’ve been making my own Christmas cards for as long as I can remember. Now, that doesn’t mean there weren’t a couple years when I bought ready made, but most of my Christmases have involved homemade art. Some of the cards were probably pretty childish, but they were me. An ole friend once told me she loved getting my cards because they were homemade. Every time I think about not making them, I think of her comment. I wish I still had some of those cards, especially that one that I made with a homemade stencil.

A few years ago I decided to start using my photos. Here are some of them.

Shel and Sidd
Shel and Sidd

Since my cards are usually completed before my Christmas decorations go up, this picture was taken the Christmas before they were sent out. Shel and Sidd are sitting on the Christmas tree skirt/table cover I made.

Shel and the Nativity Set
Shel and the Nativity Set

This shot was definitely taken the previous Christmas. That year (don’t remember which it was!) I bought that Nativity set and set it on top of the entertainment unit. During that holiday season I walked in the living room one day and there was Shel sitting in the middle of it!

Christmas snowstorm card
Christmas snowstorm card

This 2005 card showed the front of my house (before Happy Acres and Dave) from a deep snow in December 2004.

White Sands Christmas Card
White Sands Christmas Card

This photo was taken on our trip to the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico in 2006. Just looking at that picture gives me an idea!! Hum!

Our first Christmas card
Our first Christmas card

After getting married in 2007, I bought Christmas cards for the first two Christmases. But then last year, we started making them together and going totally digital. These are pictures from snow here at Happy Acres.

Well, this year we’ve finished our cards and have started a new tradition. Cards and return labels were printed out, lists were gathered, and we set a time to get together and address them together.

Getting ready to address our cards
Getting ready to address our cards

We put on some Christmas music and addressed and signed our cards together. We thought about hot cocoa, but thought we’d wait and have that for our after dinner treat.

I like traditions and new traditions are good!