Christmas

How to Get a Santa Claus, Indiana Postmark

All post offices are busy during the Christmas holidays, as families and friends send Christmas cards and letters to one another. But few post offices are as busy as the one in Santa Claus, Indiana. Since 1983, this small post office has been offering Santa postmarks for holiday mail. Customers love this free service! During the holiday season, this... [Read more of this review]

History of the First U.S. Christmas Stamp

During the holidays, Americans love to send Christmas cards and letters. In fact, we send about 2 billion greeting cards at this time of year. And many of them are affixed with colorful Christmas postage stamps produced by the US Postal Service for the occasion. It’s hard to imagine a time when these festive seasonal stamps didn’t exist.... [Read more of this review]

The History of Christmas Stockings

Clement Moore immortalized the line, “The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…” with his famous Christmas poem, “The Night Before Christmas.” But how did the tradition of hanging stockings on Christmas Eve get started? Saint Nicholas One possible reason for the Christmas stocking tradition may be related to Saint... [Read more of this review]

Jesus Candy Cane Poems

Were candy canes invented as a way to remind people at Christmas of Jesus’ sacrifice? While history doesn’t seem to support this idea completely, the shape of today’s candy canes does have religious roots. A choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany is thought to be the first person to turn straight white candy sticks into hooks... [Read more of this review]

How to Create a Christmas Letter in the Shape of a Christmas Tree

Looking for a fun idea for your annual Christmas letter? Why not create a Christmas letter in the shape of a tree? It’s not too difficult to do and you can use any word processing software to create your letter. Here’s one way to do it with Microsoft Word. Creating Your Christmas Letter in the Shape of a Christmas Tree Millions of people... [Read more of this review]

For Easy Holiday Letters, Try Christmas Letter Cards

Sending an annual holiday letter with your Christmas cards typically means printing out a separate sheet of paper, folding it in half a few times, and stuffing it inside the card so you can fit everything into the envelope. Wouldn’t it be nice to skip the whole printing, folding and stuffing part? Well, you can. Clever card manufacturers are... [Read more of this review]

Christmas Letter Examples – Howard Family Christmas Letters

Here’s an example of how to turn the events of your year into a story. This is one of four actual Christmas letters sent out by the Howard family of California. Each year, their holiday update would include a very short story that would usually feature characters from the North Pole learning about things the family had done during the year. The... [Read more of this review]

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