One of my favorite traditions of this holiday season, or any season for that matter is the receiving, through snail mail, holiday cards. Is there anything better than finding a card or letter admist the bills and promotions? Not too many that I can think of anyway.

I even enjoy the Christmas letters that a lot of people have issues with. The sappy ones I have a laugh at and the honest ones I adore. And I especially enjoy any card with a family or child photo. Those are priceless. I have a client and a friend who still sends out her holiday card with her 3 kids on the front. And two of them are in college. I couldn't even imagine the planning that goes into that one. But it is their tradition, started with their first Christmas as parents.

That being said, I don't send cards very often. Especially bulk mailings as such. But I do send cards for special occasions and I bring them with me to parties as well. I know that from my perspective sometimes the card is a lot better than the gift!

For those of you who are undertaking the task and enjoyment of making your own cards this year, I wanted to pass along some sites that are offering free holiday style fonts to be downloaded. I've looked through a small sample and have been very impressed.

http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/fonts/
http://moorstation.org/typoasis/seasonal/xmas/fsxmas1.htm
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/holiday_fonts.html
http://www.xmasfonts.co/m/
http://www.geocities.com/braspal/xmas/xmas.html
http://www.acidfonts.com/xmasfonts.htm

Speaking of the joys of cards, I just picked up the mail and had 2 Christmas cards in the mix. I love this time of year! Time to get in gear with our holiday photo!