You are looking at a Bossy family Christmas card from 2006.
Every year it was the same thing: Bossy would assemble twelve month’s worth of photographs depicting various events and she would crop them and size them and then create a collage and size it to fit a post card and then she’d make a stack of copies at Kinkos and lick one hundred stamps and address the back of the card by hand and include meaningful personal messages,
and now Bossy has a blog.
Bossy is depressed she didn’t send out Christmas cards this year, but then she remembers the price of stamps and multiplies that by the number of people who should receive cards divided by the people who threw Bossy off their card list because they haven’t received one. Bossy figures she saved over $30 this year by sitting on her hands. In other news she saved $30 by not sending out Christmas post cards.
Sitting on her hands! Silly Bossy! Yesterday Bossy was meh but today she is giddy! It’s amazing what 45 whole minutes of sleep a night will do to refresh a person!
Anyway. Consider this blog post Bossy’s official holiday card, where holiday equals Holy Day is it over yet?
Momo Fali says
December 30, 2008 at 10:08 amIt’s ALMOST over. And, all those holiday greetings? Back atcha.
MariaV says
December 30, 2008 at 10:45 amI’m still Meh today. Here is hoping your day goes by quickly!
MariaV says
December 30, 2008 at 10:51 amP.S. I’m green about the 45 minutes of sleep.
Cheri @ Blog This Mom! says
December 30, 2008 at 11:29 amIt is really hard to justify sending out all that paper when online greetings are so effective and free. Even me, Ms. Just-Say-No-To-Poverty sees the point in this. Having said that, I did cards this year. But I’m thinking . . . thinking . . . thinking . . . of not doing them anymore.
hana says
December 30, 2008 at 11:50 amGood news for a procrastinator like me – Ephiphany (the last of the Twelve Days of Christmas) is January 6 – I think it’s suppose to be the day when some of those politicians (the three kings) showed up.
So…I send cards out to those who have sent me cards – they’re usually people who are moved quite a distance away. The rest of them who are closer and I see more often… well, I try to be good to them for the rest of the year. For instance, there’s a group I make cookies for during the year… that’s their holiday card & I think it is better appreciated. A smile and a kind word doesn’t cost much.
Jen says
December 30, 2008 at 11:53 amWe didn’t send them out this year either. It is sort of depressing. Hmm…maybe post card Christmas cards next year. Cheaper postage by half.
Emily says
December 30, 2008 at 11:59 amI don’t send Christmas cards, either. I get maybe three from my friends. It’s probably because we are all twentysomething and send Christmas greetings by text message, Myspace, or Facebook wall instead.
Kelly Stern says
December 30, 2008 at 1:39 pmIt is okay not to send out cards… I did it because we decided not to do a bunch of presents. We wanted to do our part to make sure the economy tanks because we don’t spend money on elaborate gifts. YAY ME!
Renee in Seattle says
December 30, 2008 at 2:57 pmNo christmas cards + fake tree + no holiday vacation + ham ($11) instead of Prime Rib ($40) + sledding-as-entertainment instead of going to {insert expensive outing here} = Christmas is p.a.i.d. for with no new debt. Yehaw!
Naomi says
December 30, 2008 at 4:51 pmI dont send cards either. I figure if you don’t already keep up with me via email, my personal blog or see me on a weekly basis, do you really care to read my “annual yearly re-cap letter” ??
Don’t feel bad!
Jackie Whitley (Buried in Legos) says
December 30, 2008 at 6:23 pmReceived less than half a dozen cards in the mail this year.
One was sent from a relative who is going bankrupt & loosing their home. Maybe I should suggest they join this party !
Margie says
December 30, 2008 at 6:51 pmFor several years now, I have emailed our “card.” Usually a collage of the year and people seem to really appreciate it. This year, I sent a cute little “smilebox” card that featured a simple slideshow with music- and the best part… both options are competely FREE and take about 10 minutes from start to finish.
the cheap chick says
December 30, 2008 at 7:24 pmIt is both CHEAP and FABULOUS to not send out holiday cards. I heartily approve of your slackiness – but then, I ALWAYS approve of one’s slacking.
Caleal says
December 30, 2008 at 8:47 pmCan I still count it as saving money if sending out holiday cards is something I’ve never, ever, ever done?
Besides, I read some article where that said we should all send out holiday ecards- to be planet-friendly and what not.
kidsmom says
December 31, 2008 at 11:56 amHubby works for Hallmark.
SEND THOSE CARDS!
David says
December 31, 2008 at 12:13 pmI BEG your pardon? Did you or did you not receive a card from me this year DESPITE the fact that you had already told me you wouldn’t be sending any? I DEMAND a retraction!
therapydoc says
January 1, 2009 at 7:31 pmIf doctors have to bill electronically (well, we don’t have to, but it’s cheaper, probably, then shouldn’t cards all be electronic, too? It follows.
katie says
January 2, 2009 at 4:01 pmWhile I’m certainly glad that you saved money by not sending out those cards, I have to confess that I’m in love with that card, and I will be sending out ones similar to announce the wedding of me and that card.
Meg says
January 3, 2009 at 10:12 amWe recevied far fewer in the mail this year. In years past we have produced this hilarious family newsletter that’s kind of a rip-off of The Onion… but the muse hasn’t yet struck my hubby, who is the main writer. I do like the post card idea though – a good way for me to use that giant box of those printable ones that I have no idea why I bought 18 months ago.