Christmas is the season for giving.
You need not give the people you love something extravagant or expensive but what is important is that you have thought of them.
The simplest way of giving someone your best wishes and thoughts for them is through Christmas cards.
It is usually the best and also the most affordable way to remind someone that they are loved.
When you are a child, Christmas cards were a way for you to give something to parents, teachers and relatives.
These cards were usually the best personalized greeting cards your little hands could come up with.
Then as you got older, you started to buy cards off the racks or in bookstores but still tried to put your own personal touch by drawing or writing on them.
As adults, it is sometimes forgotten that a card is not simply "to be able to give someone something" but it is something that says "you are important to me and I thought of you on this special day.
" The cards you buy can sometimes be taken for granted as way out to have something to give.
Giving cards is not simply "I have something for you because I forgot" or "I could not find anything else" but it is a way of saying "I love you and this card is the best way I can show you and tell you just how much you mean to me.
" It is good to remember the child in you when picking out a card.
Getting it off the rack and signing it can be very impersonal.
Aside from the usual way to make it more personal, which is writing a message inside the card, there are many other different ways to personalize your Christmas cards.
This can simply be done by inserting a picture of you and your loved one or sticking it inside a store-bought card.
You can bring back your childhood memories and draw on the inside of the card, too.
You can also make a comic strip or draw a scene of you and your friend or family member.
If you are not too confident about your drawing skills, do not worry, for sure the person you are giving it to will be entertained and even touched by the mere fact that you tried to make the card more special.
Aside from pictures and drawings, you can also design the store-bought card by making a border around it using different coloring materials.
You can also add things inside the Christmas cards like confetti or glitters which will surely surprise the recipient when they pull the card out of the envelope and open it while the confetti or glitters fall out.
There are many ways to make cards from the rack into personalized Christmas cards.
Adding your own touch to the cards makes it even more meaningful than just signing it and giving it.
Let the child in you come out and allow your creativity to turn your store bought cards into an even more special and meaningful ones.