We think the printable Santa letters we offer on this site are a good deal because you only have to pay a one-time fee to get a letter you can use again and again, but, of course, we’re a bit biased. 🙂 So if you’re looking for more letters, our next favorite option is Instaletter.…
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Printable Santa’s Nice List Certificate
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Have your kids made it to Santa’s Nice List this year? If so, reward them with one of our official Nice List certificates! Choose from one of two designs or save money with you buy with a personalized Santa letter template. Two Santa’s Nice List Certificates to Choose From! $4.99 for unlimited personal, noncommercial use.…
MS Word Christmas Newsletter Template – Candy Cane Design
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This MS Word newsletter template for Christmas is designed to make your Christmas letter writing easy! Simply open the document in Microsoft Word (version 97 or newer) and edit it like you’d edit any Word document. This multi-column design is highlighted in red and has a place for a family photo and plenty of space…
Review: Ideas for Writing Creative Christmas Letters by Janet Colbrunn
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When I saw Ideas for Writing Creative Christmas Letters That People Are Actually Eager to Read by Janet Colbrunn on Amazon, I quickly purchased the book based on the title alone. Many people make fun of Christmas letters, but few celebrate them. So I was thrilled to find a kindred spirit in Colbrunn. Unfortunately, the…
Create Personalized USPS Stamps for the Holidays
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Since 1962, the US Postal Service has been issuing Christmas postage stamps so you can add some holiday cheer to your Christmas cards and letters. But these days you don’t have to settle for the same Christmas stamps used by millions of other people. Digital technology has made it possible for you to create personalized…
Green Christmas Cards: Recycled Cards for the Holidays
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Americans send approximiately 2.1 billion cards every year during the holidays, and most of them are made from virgin paper. If you’re looking for a way to lessen your impact on the environment during the holidays, consider green Christmas cards. There are now a number of stores that offer cards made from recycled paper, printed…
Create Free Animated Christmas Cards Online
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Have some fun with your photos this holiday season! Smilebox is a service that lets you create free animated Christmas cards, slideshows and scrapbooks that you personalize with your own photos, text and choice of music. They have hundreds of designs for all occasions, including 95 different Christmas designs, and they’re all free – as…
Unusual Christmas Cards Are Christmas Letters, Too
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Traditionally, if you wanted to send a Christmas letter at the holidays, you had to print it on a separate piece of paper and stuff it inside the card you were sending out. No more! The cards shown here, and others like them, let you combine your Christmas card and letter into one easy-to-create mailing.…
How Saint Nicholas Became Santa Claus
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Ask any child what Santa looks like, and he or she can probably describe him – he’s a fat guy with a white beard, a red suit and hat, and a reindeer-drawn sleigh. But how did the gift-giving habits of Saint Nicholas, a Christian saint who lived in the third century, evolve into the myth…
“The Night Before Christmas” Parody
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This parody of Clement C. Moore’s classic poem “The Night Before Christmas” makes fun of the callenges of being politically correct, and ends with a positive message for everyone. The Politically Correct Night Before Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas and Santa’s a wreck… How to live in a world that’s politically correct? His workers…
