• You asked in this week's email about holiday cards, and I found a place a couple years ago that I LOVE, Tree Free. Their cards are lovely, not mostly covered in glitter like the ones you'll find at the drugstore, lol, and they offer cards for all kinds of occasions, not just the 'normal' holidays, their prices are reasonable, and (a big plus for me) they try to be friendly to the environment. I've gotten some beautiful cards from them and will keep going back. —Elizabeth D
• I am obsessed with sending holiday cards! It’s one of my favorite things each year. I like to use local designers as much as I can. Last year I used Weezie B. Designs, but I love my cards the most when I have my artist friend design them for me (which I’m doing this year again!). —Lindsey Brooksbank
• For any dog lovers, I recommend these two sources for Christmas cards: The whimsical watercolors of UK artist Iain Welch, and WeRateDogs holiday card pack. It's worth noting that 15% of net proceeds from regularly priced items on WeRateDogs goes to their 15/10 Foundation, a non-profit that helps dogs with medical issues find their forever homes. —Kelly Kandra Hughes
• I either send out a card that I make myself (I paint, usually watercolors), take a photo of it, and make my own cards with a personal message inside, or I use Shutterfly or Snapfish or Sam’s Club to "design" my own photo cards of me & my husband & our cats & dog. I do the photo cards because I personally love receiving photo cards. But we prefer using funny photos of us to hopefully make people laugh. —Angela Eckhart
• I’ve been sending Christmas cards since 1970. Every year I add the letter to a notebook, and we have a fabulous family history/memoir. The list of recipients has dwindled but we look forward to the cards from friends far and wide. —Judythe Morgan
• My favorite card source: Blue Mountain. The company has great cards and special cards called smashups. Check out the one with Weird Al Yankovich. Everyone I send it to loves it, even really old people :) It’s a subscription service, the only one I use. —Cheryl Pellerin
• I’ve continued to send holiday cards for my business contacts primarily that are designed broadly enough to appeal to whatever holiday might be celebrated. I like the cards from Peter Pauper Press that come in what they call collectible boxes, but I was feeling like I didn’t want to throw away the boxes, so I’ve deconstructed and recovered a lot of them, and filled them with hand made/hand beaded sachets. —Kate McEnroe
• For decades, I have sent old school holiday cards. It's been a favorite holiday tradition. I buy cards at Target, Costco or another place and set aside an afternoon to go through my contacts and write a short message and sign by hand. Yes, by hand! It's time consuming but I love taking a couple minutes a year to think about people who have left an impact on me - even if we haven't seen or talked to each other in many, many years. Sadly, my mailing list has dwindled over the years as people move and/or leave social platforms and we lose touch. Sometimes, I'll ask people for their home addresses and some people respond with, "Please don't expect a card from me. I don't have time." That's not why I do it - though I do love to get updates since you can miss a lot even if you're on social media. I'm determined to keep up my old school tradition as long as possible. —Christina Estes
• I love sending Xmas or New Years cards every year - frequently I will enclose a short essay I’ve written about my life in the past 12 months and what I’m looking forward to in the year to come. I send about 50 cards every year: making 20-30 cards myself, buying some from ETSY artists, a box that I like from the SF Museum shops with a SF theme, and always a few from artists I follow. I love the exercise of closing out every year with holiday greetings- thinking of loved family and friends with every card written and sent. I only wish I had better lettering skills to make pretty holiday envelopes! —Chris Wachsmuth
• I send animated ecards for holidays & special occasions using Jacquie Lawson ecards. Her art work is beautiful and often focuses on my favorite subject: Dogs! The feedback I receive is that a Jacquie Lawson ecard “lifted my spirits” or “ really made my day”. The nice part is people can reread their ecard at their leisure. —Barbara Magera
• For holiday cards: we had used Costco for years but they closed their very cheap (and probably not profitable) photo business. So we tried Shutterfly - good but expensive - and then I found Nations Photo Lab. It’s a not-so-well-known online digital printer where I printed my kids’ canvas prints and photos for a graduation. Beautifully done. They offer holiday cards at a discount, plus an easy Google search yields promo codes. —Cristy Robinson
• I send holiday cards to colleagues. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I use Paperless Post. I like the selection offered and the ease of use and also the affordable price. I like that I can make changes to my recipient list each year, adding and deleting. Definitely recommend. —Dina Santorelli
• Great question. I have always sent Christmas cards for decades and enjoy receiving them. I usually purchase them from the drugstore and charitable organizations. Although some ecards are cute, they do not give me the warm and fuzzy I enjoy from a paper card. —Yvonne Blackwood
• I do send holiday cards. It's one of the only things I do for the holidays. I paint a holiday scene, usually my greyhound is the star. My husband photographs it and prints it onto cards. I mail them out. I've been doing it for years and some friends have kept all the cards and use them in their own holiday decorations. I keep it a surprise and don't show anyone the painting until the cards have been mailed out. —Joyce Miller
• We have been using Minted for our holiday cards for many years. I love that the designs are beautiful, but more honestly, I love that they address all of the envelopes for me. It makes sending cards every year a lot more feasible (even with a busy schedule). —Gina Handley
• I am loving animal cards this year and my favorites are this Scandi Forest set from John Bloor. He's a UK printmaker and ships fast. —Melissa Techman
• I purchase my cards from Joni Eareckson Tada each year. She is a quadriplegic who draws using her mouth to hold her pen, etc. Her work is beautiful as you can see at her Joni and Friends website. I met her in 1976. She is a special lady. I am thinking she probably has Hanukkah cards as well. —Gail Hollenbeck
• Thortful —Christopher Norris