Send Christmas Cards that Keep Christ in Christmas

Christmas customcard: Add your text and picture... by barbsbooks
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During those nine years I can't begin to tell you how many Christmas cards I read as I chose them for the store. I picked every rack card and every boxed card design personally -- I never let a publisher representative sell me an assortment or pick the cards for me. Judging from the way the cards sold, customers liked my selections.

On Zazzle you can do what I did by picking from thousands of Christmas cards to find the ones you like best. Or you can design your own. Use the customize button on any card that has it to use your own picture, text and words. You can change the text color and font or the background color of the card. It's fun to play with the options. Most of the art masterpiece cards I chose below are blank inside and easy to add your text to. Or use the card above in this module as a template for designing your card. Put your family photo on the front instead of my picture.. Delete my text or change it. Add what you want to say on the upper or lower inside sections. make it entirely yours.

Merry Christmas Spouse by LivingLife

I remember a family I know that lost their son in the week before Christmas. His presents were wrapped and under the tree. Believe me, they were not having a merry Christmas, especially when their younger children started asking who would open his presents. Another friend of mine lost her husband suddenly in a train crash only a few months before Christmas. She and her three children were still in mourning when the holidays rolled around. We lost our Jason, when he was 14, in August of 1991, and Christmas had been his favorite holiday. We had a very hard time getting through that Christmas season.

So what kind of holiday greetings are appropriate for the recently bereaved? They need to hear from you more than ever, but wishing them a merry Christmas is a bit ironic. They need an encouraging note. Even Christians, who know their loved one is in Heaven, are sad because they are missing him or her. The recently widowed may be facing their first Christmas alone in many years. Recently divorced people may have some of that same loneliness. They will appreciate a card with your family photo -- they still love you. But they also need a note that indicates you understand their situation and that you're thinking of them and praying for them. An invitation to attend a Christmas Eve service at your church with a low-key dinner before or after would be a thoughtful gesture. Or, if there are still small children at home, an offer to bring a tree and help decorate it might be appreciated.

I designed this card for the recently bereaved and will probably make a few more. It's a way to offer hope and comfort to those you may live too far from to visit. Be sure and write a personal note on whatever card you send. And remember, you can customize this card and change the picture or the words. It wouldn't hurt to follow up with a phone call the day after Christmas, say you had been thinking of her, and offer the chance for her to tell you how it went. Then listen. You can't make it all better, no matter what you say. But the best thing you can do is offer your ear and ask the kind of questions that encourage your friend or family member to express her feelings. Your response should be to validate that having those feelings is OK. It's not a good time to give a mini-sermon on victorious living.


Christian Christmas card for bereaved person. by barbsbooks
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