Rediscover the lost art of sending Christmas cards this year.  While many focus on the gift giving side of the festive season, the art of thoughtful and considerate Christmas cards is often forgotten. 

It’s so easy to throw a cheery ‘Merry Christmas’ to friends and co-workers, fire off a quick text message, or email a one-liner to those you’re not seeing over the holidays and feel as if your work is done. The process of actually sitting down to pen a personalized greetings card to your nearest and dearest at this time of year seems to have gotten lost.

But the real sentiment of the season is spreading love and kindness, and what better way to spread true holiday cheer than by taking the time to acknowledge the people around you and the role they’ve played in your life, helping to make their Christmas a little brighter with your words of encouragement, acknowledgement and heartfelt emotion?

The key is the choose the right people to send a card to; perhaps those you’ve been out of touch with lately and would like to reconnect with in the new year; those who’ve suffered a loss or personal set-back during the year; and those who’ve made the biggest impact in your life – not just this year, but all the years before as well. Christmas cards, when done right, have the power to mend fences, rekindle relationships and help build new long-lasting ones for the future.

Christmas cards are a holiday tradition that shouldn’t be forgotten

The members of the Burk’s Falls and District Historical Society wish to send the warmest of greetings to all our Facebook followers, visitors and supporters and may the New Year bring peace, prosperity, good health and smiles to everyone and their families.

Merry Christmas!