That’s it. You come home from work, flick the play button on the cheesy Christmas DVD and you
sit with your mulled wine with the intention to prepare your Christmas cards. With the exception of
looking up contacts, and reading this article, ban the laptop.
Technology is relied upon by many of us in simple day to day tasks. Downtime means no work can
be done, emails cannot be checked and friends cannot be messaged.
This Christmas don’t send Christmas emails or e-cards – keep it old school and dust off your
address book. People don’t get much other than marketing leaflets, newsletters and the odd bank
statement through the post any more (oh, and internet shopping of course). In truth though, many
of these people, like you and i suffer from a bout of childish excitement when we see a letter drop
on our mat that doesn’t fall into any of these categories. It usually happens most in December – and
we love it!
So now you have banned the laptop, dig out the fountain pen. Remember those quill like ink
contraptions we used at school? They are perfect for writing your Christmas messages. Not only
are they comfortable, your writing will look neat. Take your time and take pride in your handwriting
when you address your cards.
When you write out the addresses of your friends and family, address young boys as Master and
young ladies as Miss. Always use Mr and Mrs or Miss for adult cards. We rarely get to write
these titles so why not revert to a little tradition this Christmas. Everyone loves a little formality
sometimes.
Make sure you don’t just write your cards in a ‘to’ ‘from’ style. Yes, the card will probably
have ‘Merry Christmas’ printed on the inside, but it won’t hurt you to write a personal wish to the
recipient alongside. Your friends and family love that you took the effort to send a card; but they
will be disappointed if they weren’t worth a small message.