All I Want for Christmas are Real Holiday Cards
I love getting holiday cards. In fact, I love getting cards in general, or mail for that matter. Every December, holiday cards always sneak up on me, because I’m never expecting them. I love the idea of someone taking the time to send me a hand-written card wishing me a Merry Christmas or a Happy New Year or Season’s Greetings. Now let me tell you what I don’t like: cards that double as photos - photos of a family decked out in their Christmas best, photos of babies with Santa Clause, portraits of a family on vacation, you get the picture, no pun intended. I cannot stand holiday photo cards. You want to send a photo to me? Buy an appropriate card and then stick the photo inside. How self-absorbed do you have to be to send the people on your list a card with your or your baby’s face on it, honestly.
The holidays are not any excuse for this kind of behavior. Are you celebrating the birth of Jesus, or the birth of your kid? Are you celebrating snow and winter and Santa Clause and all things under the Christmas tree or Menorah or are you celebrating the existence of your own family and you just thought that everyone else you know, would appreciate celebrating it too, so you might as well should send them a photo.
Annoying. Majorly annoying behavior. What happened to the Holiday cards of yesteryear? What happened to the intricate art and scenery and perhaps glitter waiting for you in an envelope when you arrive home? What happened to the illustrations and the breathtaking photos of a carriage in the snow, with a cabin in the background? How and when did we become so self-absorbed and egotistical that we decided everyone needed to see our face in their mailbox?
I don’t applaud this trend at all, in fact, I’m completely against it. I’m revolting against holiday-photo cards. I don’t need to see photos of you and your family invading my holiday card. Yes, babies are cute, the holidays are about family and love and yadda, yadda, yadda. But internet, this is a serious problem. A serious problem that needs to be addressed. Anti-holiday photo card people of the world, unite.
