I keep trying to send out cards each Christmas…I even wrote a Christmas letter detailing all of our travels, and replete with shout-outs. And I didn’t send them. Gave a few out to friends and co-workers, but none to the family I so wanted to mail them to. I even bought stamps! How hard is it to address envelopes?
So, in perhaps vain hope that some year it’ll happen, I hit the WAY after Christmas sales (none of this 15% off nonsense!) where cards are going for 50-75% off or more. Husband and I have gotten some fantastic bargains this way, including cards from expensive places (think Crane or Papyrus) and wrapping paper for literally cents. Everywhere I go, I’ll look: Borders, B&N, gift boutiques, Target…and though I can never find *good* cards before Christmas, I’ve found some beauties that I can’t wait to use…and which I’m probably hoping will serve as motivation for next year. And that’s what works for me! See more WFMW here. 
What a good idea. We buy all our Christmas stuff for the year to come. We box it up with all the tree decorations and we are always surprised, as 12 months later we often have forgotten what we had purchased.
Now why don’t you start addressing now! Or better yet type the addresses onto address labels in Word and then you can print them out each year!
Hi Dave, Wow, that sounds like me! At least one of my presents this year was a wrapped present from *last* year. Oh well, it still worked!
Krisi, the more I think about that, the better of an idea it sounds–for thank-yous, newsletters, whatever.
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