By Alaric Sowerby
It is extremely important to comply with etiquette in everything we do, even just in giving holiday greeting cards. You create a positive feeling to your recipients when you comply with etiquette in creating and giving or sending Christmas cards. What you're writing on your greeting cards and how you give them to individuals could make individuals feel that you're either cultured or clumsy. You would rather be watchful because all your efforts could be destroyed by one fault.
The card message or design might seem to be just too trivial to waste your time on however it is necessary to do so, irrespective of to whom you are sending the greeting cards. Whether or not you are sending a greeting card to a business partner or a friend, checking whether you have typed their names right or whether you have said your message properly could save you from a regrettable embarrassment. A badly worded message or a misspelled word may defeat the purpose you have in giving greeting cards.
If you are not handing the greeting cards personally to your recipients, another option is to snail mail them. If you are mailing them, be sure you have the addresses right. You do not want a bunch of returned cards as that means you have thrown away some cash. Check the addresses and be sure the person you are giving cards to still lives at the address you penned.
You likewise need to be very careful in addressing people in your messages. This is definitely the basic rule in writing. It is important that you don't get the names incorrectly.
There is no limitation to the number of words you can write to an individual. Personalised Christmas cards can have messages which are very long but please do not bore your receiver with something you've told them a year ago. Brief messages for Christmas would work just fine. There is no need to write words lavishly. Your message should likewise be courteous, especially if you send them to your corporate partners or customers. You can be a bit more carefree and personal in creating a message for a friend but some prudence and tact won't hurt.
Mailing takes a while. Know how much time it will take for a mailing service in town to deliver letters. They may take longer during Christmas. There's a very good possibility that your greeting cards won't arrive on time to their destinations in case you mail them a week just before Christmas. Is that ok with you? Mail your greeting cards on the first week of Christmas. It's not acceptable to receive a holiday card around January.
Select Christmas cards based on your choice. Many of them are excellent enough for various purposes. In case you need personalized cards, you must inform the seller so they can make greeting cards that meet your needs.
The card message or design might seem to be just too trivial to waste your time on however it is necessary to do so, irrespective of to whom you are sending the greeting cards. Whether or not you are sending a greeting card to a business partner or a friend, checking whether you have typed their names right or whether you have said your message properly could save you from a regrettable embarrassment. A badly worded message or a misspelled word may defeat the purpose you have in giving greeting cards.
If you are not handing the greeting cards personally to your recipients, another option is to snail mail them. If you are mailing them, be sure you have the addresses right. You do not want a bunch of returned cards as that means you have thrown away some cash. Check the addresses and be sure the person you are giving cards to still lives at the address you penned.
You likewise need to be very careful in addressing people in your messages. This is definitely the basic rule in writing. It is important that you don't get the names incorrectly.
There is no limitation to the number of words you can write to an individual. Personalised Christmas cards can have messages which are very long but please do not bore your receiver with something you've told them a year ago. Brief messages for Christmas would work just fine. There is no need to write words lavishly. Your message should likewise be courteous, especially if you send them to your corporate partners or customers. You can be a bit more carefree and personal in creating a message for a friend but some prudence and tact won't hurt.
Mailing takes a while. Know how much time it will take for a mailing service in town to deliver letters. They may take longer during Christmas. There's a very good possibility that your greeting cards won't arrive on time to their destinations in case you mail them a week just before Christmas. Is that ok with you? Mail your greeting cards on the first week of Christmas. It's not acceptable to receive a holiday card around January.
Select Christmas cards based on your choice. Many of them are excellent enough for various purposes. In case you need personalized cards, you must inform the seller so they can make greeting cards that meet your needs.
About the Author:
Al is a writer for 'Festive Collection', the foremost corporate Christmas card collection of Qubic Print Direct in UK. If you want to send your co-workers these distinctive Christmas cards they'll remember then you should have a look at Festive Collection.