I started working on my Christmas cards today. This year’s cards have a bit of a story.
As I cleaned out my Mom and Dad’s house in preparation for sale this fall, I came across a large stash of unused Christmas cards. These were the extra cards from many years gone by. Mom and Dad never used the same card twice, so any extra cards were simply set aside, I’m sure with intention of somehow using them in a future that never happened. Some of the cards are quite old, and quite dated, while others I recognize from the last few years, no more than three, or five, or ten of any design.
So I gathered them all up and decided that I will use them for my Christmas cards this year. Almost none of these are designs I would have chosen myself, and many are not my aesthetic, but it feels like I’m keeping my parents in Christmas this year, and I’m expressing my gratitude for the Christmas card tradition they instilled in me.