Personalizable Holiday Postage Adds Fun to Mailing Your Christmas Cards

By Matthew W. Grant, published Dec 04, 2007
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Many people, even those that enjoy the holidays, find writing Christmas cards to be a chore. Here's a fun way to change that and make writing Christmas cards fun for you as well as for everyone on your holiday card list. Business associates, customers, neighbors, friends, and relatives will get an extra kick out of receiving you cards in the mail when you personalize the experience.

Thanks to modern Internet technology, personalizing Christmas cards and postage is a breeze. In fact, you are no longer limited to buying cards and then searching for / hoping for matching postage from the post office. You can now purchase your stamps and cards from the same source to ensure a perfect and identical fit.

Even more exciting than that, you now have the ability of personalizing both the cards and the stamps! Imagine the impression you will make on everyone you know when they receive a stamp with a picture of a gift tag on it that actually has your name filled in where it says "from" or how cute it would be to put a picture of your favorite pet on a postage stamp inside a snow globe design. These two ideas are easily implemented on a custom postage site like ArtisticPostage.com. In fact, with templates already designed, you could have beautiful stamps like these in a matter of a few clicks.

Of course, most people write personal messages inside their Christmas cards for each person on their card list. Technology and creativity now allow you to take that same idea to the next level by having your messages printed professionally as part of the greeting card itself. Technically, people have been able to make their own cards on their PC's at home for roughly the last decade as long as they had a color printer and access to decent paper. However, the quality of home-printed cards is nowhere near the quality of those printed on professional printers.

Takeaways
  • Creating your own holiday postage is easy with templates.
  • Winter photos and pictures from previous holiday gatherings are great choices for your stamps.
Did You Know?
The first USPS Christmas stamp was issued in 1961.
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