•Card received: +5
•Card received before December 1st: -1
•Card received after December 25th: -1
•Card is pretty, and looks nice on wall: +3
•Card is glittery: +1
•Card does not contain card, but only letter, so there is nothing to put up on wall: -3
•Card is e-card: -5
•Card includes photo or is photo card: +5
•More than one photo: +2 each additional photo
•Photo is non-Christmassy so will look good on fridge all year: +1
•Photo is Christmassy so increases holiday feeling of card: +1
•Red-eye causes family to appear possessed by evil Christmas spirit: -1
•Photo was taken on beach this past summer in summer clothing, so family looks chilly against winter pattern of card: -1
•Photo includes dogs with glowing eyes who seem poised to eat humans: -1
•Card includes letter: +5
•Letter is informative and interesting: +3
•Letter describes child as "amazing" or "already an avid reader at age 3!": -3 each
•Letter is so braggy and saccharine-cheery, I wonder why I associate with these people: -3
•Letter is so very braggy and saccharine-cheery, it crosses over into comical and becomes fun to read aloud in an unkind tone of voice: +2
•Letter is a sermon disguised as a Christmas letter, and contains pious hopes for our country, for mankind, and for me personally: -5
•Letter mentions details of gross surgery: -1 or +1, depending on entertainment value
•Letter contains thinly-veiled family gossip: +3
•Letter contains information that should have been told earlier: -2
•Card includes check: +5
•Large check: +10
•Card includes announcement of pregnancy: +10
•Card from Christmas Card Friends contains surprising news of baby born since last card sent: +10
Courtesy of Swistle, www.swistle.blogspot.com
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LOL. I'm totally the same way-hence I appreciate that your whole family is always on the card. I'm not a big fan of just the kids when it's the parents that I'm friends with and would like to see also.
ReplyDeleteDo you put as much effort into FINDING the perfect card to send? It's very time-consuming for me as I 1) need to find the perfect price point; 2) find a card that reflects my personality and/or just has a fun design; and 3) not too big as I enclose a letter and don't want a lot of open white space in the card.
I love this!
ReplyDeleteI have relations that send ridiculously long, overly detailed descriptions of their children's yearly activities. I've never met Little Susie and Big Tim-Tom so I'm not very interested in the minute details of their little league season performance or for how many hours their ice-skating coach has them practicing the triple sow cow, as impressive as it might be. Cut the details down to: Little Susie suffered a compound fracture on her plant foot but started kicking ass in karate when she realized it only takes one good foot to do the "crane technique" or Tim took a liner off the forehead but on the brightside he was cast as the unicorn in the school play. Don't leave out the good stuff, but keep it short and sweet!
ReplyDeleteHow could you leave out that Tim was the unicorn in the school play? I say mystical creatures gives you extra points!!!
ReplyDeleteI had almost talked myself out of doing a card this year (SHOCK) but one conversation with Ashley and I'm back on the hunt. I'm currently searching etsy for a good digital design. I don't have the energy to design my own this year. Now to get the family cooperative and figure out a picture.
I'm with you and Amanda we need to confer because I already have about 6 designs picked out on Etsy. I think "Using the same card as your friend: -5"
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