Thursday, November 18, 2010

Christmas Cards

It is that time of year to start to thinking about Christmas cards. Shutterfly is offering 50 free cards to bloggers who write a post about it, so here you go!
I have used Shutterfly for my Christmas cards for the past couple of years and they turned out great! They have lots of affordable cards and lots of cute designs to choose from. You can see for yourself by going to Shutterfly.
I have also used Shutterfly to make picture calenders for Christmas presents for our families! These are great quality calenders and way cuter than ones I have ordered from another store.
I get so excited about this time of year! The shopping, the cold weather, the hot chocolate, and the list goes on. But, Dan always says that Thanksgiving gets overlooked between Halloween and Christmas, and I think I'm finally starting to see it his way. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love Christmas. I am already searching for Christmas music on the radio and I have already gone to a "Mistletoe Marketplace." But, I do think that Dan has a point. Between watching all of the advertisements on tv that talk about holiday shopping and seeing the displays out in the stores way before Thanksgiving, we kind of lose one of the really great holidays! It is important to stop and give thanks for all that we have and for the wonderful people in our lives. As well as enjoy lots of yummy food and some good football games! I think these are secretly Dan's real reasons for loving Thanksgiving. :)
And, I think I really might have unleashed the Grinch within Dan when I asked him if we could put up Christmas decorations this weekend! Oops! But, the kids will be visiting the grandparents and we might as well get a jump on things right?! Okay, maybe that is a little much for the guy single-handily trying to save Thanksgiving. :)

3 comments:

gigi said...

love it! what a great post!
love, gigi

Kirk Family said...

I read something in regards to overlooking Thanksgiving that reminded me of Dan.

" Let us be thankful before we are joyful."

I thought it was a good quote.

Aunt Tam said...

I'm with Dan on the overlooking of Thanksgiving. I love the holidays but this is one that just gets overlooked most of the time. Like the Kirk's said " Let us be thankful before we are joyful".

Happy Thanksgiving!!
Love you all and can't wait to see you next week!!!!
Aunt Tam