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Budget Christmas cards

I love Christmas cards. In fact, I love all manner of physical correspondence — letters, postcards, etc. and I love this time of year because I get photos and cards in the mail! (You might remember Michael’s birth gave me the opportunity to send out birth announcements, whee!) Anyway, I did have a dilemma this year. I’m on maternity leave, so income is iffy, making Christmas card purchases out of the question. Also, I have many photographer friends, but they all like to shoot outside, and Christopher is still too young for an outdoor photo shoot. What to do?

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End of the year whirlwind

December is already a madhouse, but so much more has been going on than just the holidays. At our house, we don’t worry about Christmas decorating too much. In fact, the past six years my husband and I were married, we didn’t decorate for Christmas at all, aside from putting Christmas cards from friends and family up on a wall. Michael would love it if we did, but he won’t miss it if we don’t at this point. Later, we will get into it, but for now, we’re too busy getting through the end of the year and preparing for his 1st birthday.

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