Do you keep your old Christmas cards? I do.
I'm sure you've heard the rumour that the tradition of sending actual printed greetings cards is dying out - stamps are too costly, cards are a waste of trees, virtual cards are more fun, only old people send them etc. etc.
Sometimes I look through my Christmas card collection and have a sentimental wallow, remembering the past. It's not quite the same with e-cards.
Mr N's cards are always chosen with care and...
come with words to warm my heart - and a different message every year!
Some were sent from overseas.
This patchwork card came from Japan, handmade by Japanese pensioners. My old school friend in Yokohama teaches English to senior citizens.
I love this hand drawn card, made by an elderly lady artist I once knew. She had serious mental health problems but loved to create little watercolours and line drawings - see the lonely old man in his muffler on a bare wood chair, while his beloved pets have the cosiest places and a present each!
What a cruel Santa!
Aged 10, Master N's confidence in his own brilliance was a little misplaced!
A last card from Dad.
If I'm still around when "proper" cards disappear, I shall put up some favourites from the collection - come to think of it, why am I waiting?
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What a lovely post! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas, Judie!
DeleteSmashing cards. Your son's card reminded me of a card my son once sent to me. Madonna and Child on the front, he wrote inside, the image "was a reference to our mutual divinity".
ReplyDeleteHe's such a wit.
Merry Christmas.
Jean x
Ha ha - I love that!
Deletea lovely trip down Christmas card memory lane nilly. I have a box of cards from our daughter, lovely to look at them, some home made at nursery and school, very precious memories. I have the last card from a bunch of flowers my father sent me saying "to the best girl in the world". Have a very happy Christmas time. Jayne
ReplyDeleteOh yes, those "last cards" are the most poignant and treasured. The last birthday card I received from my long-lived granny contained a note complaining about the price of greetings cards - a pause while she checked the oven - then the words "the tart is cooked perfectly!"
DeleteSo typical of her that she couldn't even write a card without giving a running commentary!
Merry Christmas dear Nilly to you and your family !!
ReplyDeleteLove Susy x
Merry Christmas to you Susy. Hope your Christmas day has been as sunny as ours.
Deletei keep the best ones and have quite a few from japanese students over the years. works of art. i hope you have had a lovely few days and not travelling this weekend! barbara
ReplyDeleteHope you have had a lovely time too Barbara - we've had a "different" time this year, meeting lots of new people. And yesterday we had an early morning trip to an antiques fair in snowy Doncaster!
DeleteA beautiful post. I'm now feeling very bah humbuggy, as for the first time ever this year, I didn't put our Christmas cards up...they just sat in a pile in the corner of the room. You are right...the special ones deserve to be kept, loved ...and displayed. Happy new Year Nilly. x
ReplyDeleteOh dear Janice - not you too!. I have to admit I didn't put up all ours this year either, just a selection of favourite old ones and some special new ones. We also had a pile languishing in a corner.
DeleteAnd isn't that a quaint old phrase, "putting up" the cards and decorations. That will disappear soon too, no doubt.