When it comes to cards for intimate family, many of us do not tend to buy a box of Christmas cards and be done with it. Instead we traipse around the shops with the intention to buy personal cards individually. We do this partially because we want to show our loved ones that they are worth the trip to town and the fight with the Christmas shoppers as well as the cost of the individual card. We also do this because it is expected and you’re Mum will be pretty upset if she has a standard card from the same box as second cousin Jan.
Card shops offer a whole host of cards addressed to Mums, Dads, Sisters and Brothers. In addition within their own little section, the themes of each card are vast. You can find personalized musical cards, humorous ones, and religious cards, soppy or sentimental cards. You can even find ones with badges. Some are luxury and others are more basic; whatever your family is like; you will be sure to find them a card they like.
The price of individual cards can vary and on a whole they are likely to cost you more than a simple box. The advantage of buying them is that you can buy your Grandma a card that sends God’s blesses and Christmas and you can send your brother one which tells a joke. You are unlikely to find a box of cards to cater for your family’s varying tastes and humor. If you are on a budget think ahead and purchase cards in the January sales.
Many card shops take on a hue of red for the Christmas season. Gone are the days where the only cards you could buy were blank or for immediate family; you can now buy them addressed to ‘the whole family’, ‘the two of you’ from ‘the both of us’, ‘to sister-in-law’ to ‘brother and sister-in-law’ to ‘daughter and her girlfriend’; even the family pet. There is no reason not to give personalized cards to everyone in your household this year.