CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS CARDS

CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS CARDS

This is kind of long so you might want to pour yourself a cup of coffee or tea or eggnog before you start?  Maybe add a biscuit or two, or perhaps a slice of my Grandma Louise’s fruitcake?

I’ve been known to choose lovely Christmas cards to send out to family & friends such as this cheerful neighborhood scene.

Or this snowy one in the town of Groveland, California where we lived for 28 years.

We had visited friends in Alaska the year we sent this card out.

This was the card we sent for Christmas the year we met “Ella”, the little pigeon who suddenly flew into our lives.  I couldn’t have found a more perfect card. J

And this one went out the year my Dad passed away shortly before Christmas.  It just seemed so right.

Mostly, though, I like cards with a bit of humor.  This was the first card we sent out after my husband and I were married.  I forget how many I had to make with the combined list of his family & friends and mine, but it was quite a few & took a while!

A few years later I drew this one.  I saw a set of boxed cards similar to this but they were too expensive so I decided to make our own with a few added touches! J

I’m a big fan of Sandra Boynton’s cards – both for Christmas and other special occasions!

“In brief, Merry Christmas”

I especially love her Hippo cards.

Then there’ve been the inexpensive cards I’ve doctored up to make them special like this one featuring the 12 days of Christmas unlike you’ve known them before.

Each of these cards had only one or two remarks assigned to different geese with explanations penned in at the bottom of the card. L-R: *Harold was cool; *Clarrisa was having a little trouble getting into the Christmas spirit; *Louie’s lips were beginning to fade; *Mercedes understood the true meaning of the season; & *Poor Joe couldn’t find his way out of a paper bag.

A star is born!  Shoot the moon!!

This parody on Christmas letters was the card that started me writing a Christmas letter every year – trying, as much as possible, to keep it humorous and not mention too much negative stuff, but if I had to mention negative stuff, I tried (and try) to find some kind of humor in it if I can. J

The following was our parody on the parody that year.

Actually, we got a “Wendy’s” first, then “Taco Bell”!

I stood at the Christmas cards display for a long time trying to figure this card out and when I finally did, I decided everyone on our Christmas card list should be challenged with this clever card.

“Silent Knight.  Holy Knight”

Stonehouse Christmas card collections are fun.  We’ve sent a few of their cards out over the years. J

“Yes folks, it looks like it’s going to be an exciting Christmas.”

Oh, that Vixen - what a tease.

“What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree in the living room and eat candy out of your socks?”

Now we’re getting into the kind of snarky but playful cards we’ve had fun with over the years.

“But do I get any credit?  Nooooooo!”

This one may be a bit irreverent, but it’s still chuckle-worthy. J

“Live long and prosper, and may you not receive too many fruitcakes.”

(unless, of course, they’re the kind my Grandma used to make!)

And then there’s this card featuring my all-time favorite “Star Trek” character and since I just mentioned my Grandma Louise’s fruitcake a couple of posts ago, I felt it was the perfect way to end this one.

We were a little more sentimental this year, however . . .

“to remember those we love and wish them a Merry Christmas.”

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

:->

La Nightingail