“
Home For The Holidays” November 21, 2012 A Lincoln Daily News Magazine Copyright 2012
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Starting a family tradition: Sending season’s
greetings in the electronic age
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n the new digital age, the time-honored
tradition of the annual Christmas card has
begun to decline. Writing a letter, buying
stamps and mailing off the numerous cards
has become more expensive over the years.
Today, new online greeting companies
will email a greeting from you, from the
comfort of home, for free. And the cards offer
all manner of styles
and presentations,
including features a
paper card couldn’t
deliver, such as quaint
winter scenes that
have animated snow
piling up while smoke
curls out the home
chimney. You might
say they are the new
Currier & Ives.
There are also
companies like Skype, which allow computer
users to speak face to face.
With families being spread farther across
the country, Christmas gifts are also getting
more difficult to share. However, electronic
gift cards and regular gift certificates have
become a staple in many stockings.
Sending a Christmas greeting should not be
just something from the past. There are ways
to keep sending the seasonal messages.
Many families have turned to the one-page
picture Christmas card. Everyone dresses in
a holiday sweater for a group shot. This is a
quick, easy option for busy families. Many
photographers will do holiday sittings for a
minimal cost. The
developed pictures
can then be taken to
Walgreens or Wal-
Mart to create a
Christmas postcard
that will soon be
on its way with a
“
Merry Christmas!”
so faraway relatives
can see how everyone
has changed in the last
year.
Electronic greetings have recently become
part of the holiday greeting process. Most
everyone has a working email address
and therefore can receive most Christmas
greetings sent over the Internet. The cards will
even sing and dance for the recipient. A quick
search of “online holiday greeting” will bring
up loads of online greeting sources.
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