Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 22, 2014 4:58:32 GMT
I FINALLY finished my Christmas cards. I haven't mailed cards in the last 2 years, because my wife always insists that we take some kind of family photo and use that for our card. Well, the last 2 years we've never gotten around to the photo. So this year I put my foot down and said that we were just sending a card, and that we were going to seriously pair the list down. One year we sent over 100 cards out.
Well, that only partially worked. My wife is Irish Catholic and the youngest of 9. So, just her immediate family was 30 cards right there. We ended up with 60 cards and not enough Christmas stamps! I was NOT looking forward to going to the post office and standing in that long line to buy more stamps, especially since I am pretty sure that all the Christmas stamps would be sold out.
Then it dawns on me. I am a stamp collector and have plenty of extra Christmas stamps from previous years! So, I went through a box and found a bunch of old Madonna and Child stamps, as well as Christmas Toys and Old World Santas. I doubled up on these and was good to go.
Now I can get some rest.
Well, that only partially worked. My wife is Irish Catholic and the youngest of 9. So, just her immediate family was 30 cards right there. We ended up with 60 cards and not enough Christmas stamps! I was NOT looking forward to going to the post office and standing in that long line to buy more stamps, especially since I am pretty sure that all the Christmas stamps would be sold out.
Then it dawns on me. I am a stamp collector and have plenty of extra Christmas stamps from previous years! So, I went through a box and found a bunch of old Madonna and Child stamps, as well as Christmas Toys and Old World Santas. I doubled up on these and was good to go.
Now I can get some rest.
