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Christmas Cards & Charitable Donations

December 11, 2013 by SimplyBeingMum

It’s been a few years since I last sent Christmas cards.

That is apart from to my immediate family. Then they tend to be homemade, not shop-bought.

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The Wright’s love their handmade greetings!

(Click here for my simple salt dough recipe and make your own tree-decoration cards)

The decision to stop sending cards wasn’t a difficult one for me to make. But I appreciate it is for some.

The personal benefits of not sending cards are:

  • More time
  • Less effort
  • Saves money

But one of the greatest benefits is that the money I would have spent on cards and postage, I donate to charity.

Skipping the cards, doesn’t mean I don’t wish one and all a Merry Christmas. It’s done electronically and through social media.  A few clicks and it’s done, and at the same time I can help to promote the charity I’m donating to that year.

I’ve posted before about how I keep our season’s greetings simple…

I mentioned above family cards tend to be homemade. They aren’t this year. Instead I decided to buy a pack of charity cards supporting a charity that has treated my beautiful god-daughter to some amazing once in a lifetime experiences.

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They’ll also receive my charity donation this year. Which is typically £20 – but if the kids and I win the gingerbread house competition it’ll increase to £100 this Christmas.

Fingers crossed Sykes Cottages like our handy work!

Believe in Magic have now sold all of their Christmas cards, but do have calendars available to buy. A very useful gift!

As William Morris famously said “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” 

The calendars are beautiful, but if you don’t believe me, please go take a look yourself. You may see some very famous boy-band supporters hanging out over there also!

Do you send cards? How do you wish Season’s Greetings to your loved ones and friends? Please share!

Filed Under: Simple Christmas Tagged: Believe In Magic, charity calendar, charity donations, Christmas cards, donating at christmas, not sending cards, one direction, Simple Christmas, Sykes Cottages

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  1. Live and Learn-Toss and Turn says

    December 11, 2013 at 11:32 pm

    I do send cards through the old fashioned mail. I try to write a letter or note in each one because I lament the loss of handwritten letters these days. This is a priority for me each Christmas, so I make it happen just as others may bake cookies or go caroling (things I do sometimes.)

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    • simplybeingmum says

      December 16, 2013 at 9:34 am

      Life’s all about sorting out priorities. We can’t do it all so we select something meaningful for us to do 🙂

      Reply
  2. Live and Learn-Toss and Turn says

    December 11, 2013 at 11:32 pm

    I do send cards through the old fashioned mail. I try to write a letter or note in each one because I lament the loss of handwritten letters these days. This is a priority for me each Christmas, so I make it happen just as others may bake cookies or go caroling (things I do sometimes.)

    Reply
    • simplybeingmum says

      December 16, 2013 at 9:34 am

      Life’s all about sorting out priorities. We can’t do it all so we select something meaningful for us to do 🙂

      Reply
  3. Little Green Village says

    December 20, 2013 at 10:27 pm

    The salt dough decorations which you made look gorgeous! I’ve printed out your salt dough recipe and put it in my Christmas file to make decorations for next year.

    Reply
  4. Little Green Village says

    December 20, 2013 at 10:27 pm

    The salt dough decorations which you made look gorgeous! I’ve printed out your salt dough recipe and put it in my Christmas file to make decorations for next year.

    Reply

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