tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post7217938236219693524..comments2023-09-24T11:26:16.606-04:00Comments on The Middle Ages: Christmas Photo FamiliesDeb and Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04444390852070865517noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-61378028864446494722010-12-20T10:39:38.556-05:002010-12-20T10:39:38.556-05:00I've thought that too, Erica. Deb is a hoot an...I've thought that too, Erica. Deb is a hoot and Colin is a cracker and put the two together, they must have loads of fun.Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-60731033849940184072010-12-18T22:34:16.051-05:002010-12-18T22:34:16.051-05:00Love the pictures - my son is almost 10 and we'...Love the pictures - my son is almost 10 and we've never had a family picture. We are so sad.<br /><br />And Deb, when I saw yours I thought "OMG, she's married to Colin - her house must be hilarious!" (then I doubted myself because no one said anything about it being him, but thankfully Gae swooped in and saved me) So, yes, your house must be hilarious!! Merry Christmas.<br />ericaerica and christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074820593371226159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-14414914309455877392010-12-18T22:08:34.982-05:002010-12-18T22:08:34.982-05:00I love the idea of Christmas cards, and held out l...I love the idea of Christmas cards, and held out longer than most people. But somewhere along the line, they got replaced by e-cards, which are now getting replaced by facebook greetings. Which is such a pity, because it is so impersonal :-(<br /><br />I adore your hair in the pic, Deb. If that is a bad hair day, I want your bad hair days. And Luke looks like what I want my boys to be in a couple of years. <br />Love your 2005 Christmas card too, Barbara. I presume Chaplin is the cute kid you are holding up- doesn't Mr. Snowy feel left out?Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-12373257323190322642010-12-18T07:52:30.687-05:002010-12-18T07:52:30.687-05:00Deb-
Does it wierd you out that we see "the ...Deb-<br /><br />Does it wierd you out that we see "the other"?Rigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-66555082463777148972010-12-17T18:20:35.024-05:002010-12-17T18:20:35.024-05:00I think my great grandmother started us all out of...I think my great grandmother started us all out of giving Christmas cards. Each year my grandmother always gets lots and lots of cards. She get cards from not only her family but friends of her's that she has not seen in 30 years. And every year that we go down to her home from Christmas supper she always has then out on her table for everyone to see them. She gets so happy that everyone has sent her one and has tooken time to actually give her one and to think of her. She loves when they have notes in them but loves them even more when they have photo's in them,she always takes the photo;s and hanges them up on her wall. After Christmas she puts the cards in a photo book and saves them. Not sure why she saves them,but who am I to disagree with her. When some one gives her a card you better believe that she will be sending one back your way. She sends out so many. But she likes doing that and she is so happy to while she is sending them. She really gets in the Christmas spirt.Lyndsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474928538640746195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-20165009036212311852010-12-17T16:49:19.891-05:002010-12-17T16:49:19.891-05:00Doublechin M.J. gotcha! Thanks Holleye and Love to...Doublechin M.J. gotcha! Thanks Holleye and Love to you and yours too!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-27903393172787239222010-12-17T16:32:53.138-05:002010-12-17T16:32:53.138-05:00Beautiful family pics- brought a smile to my face....Beautiful family pics- brought a smile to my face. <br />Love to you ladies, and your wonderful families.Hollye Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10184998678584429429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-74536885886808328862010-12-17T16:27:31.395-05:002010-12-17T16:27:31.395-05:00It's all about hiding the doublechin. Curse th...It's all about hiding the doublechin. Curse that doublechin!M.J. Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-9816536205147965022010-12-17T15:29:32.602-05:002010-12-17T15:29:32.602-05:00Oh dear Kate please don't be sorry. I just tho...Oh dear Kate please don't be sorry. I just thought I might tip you to the other side of it. I am so excited doing and mailing my cards that I think people will be as thrilled as I am. I always think when something like this occurs to me-it's all perspective ain't it? xoDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-20688451900835496642010-12-17T15:15:56.488-05:002010-12-17T15:15:56.488-05:00"I always hope that people are just happy to ..."I always hope that people are just happy to have a little Festive greeting from us. "<br /><br />It never occurred to me that my momentary disappointment is actually like looking a gift horse in the mouth, which it is! Sorry about that.Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-24968720394535928302010-12-17T15:05:59.080-05:002010-12-17T15:05:59.080-05:00Yeah Gae you're right. No matter what the effo...Yeah Gae you're right. No matter what the effort it's all about sending goodwill. And I know it's past Gae but Happy Hannukkah! And yeah it's funny about the card. Of course I look at it and see my husband but I sometimes forget, you know? The celebrity Colin I call "the other". xoxoDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-20693088645276469842010-12-17T14:41:21.976-05:002010-12-17T14:41:21.976-05:00Lovely pictures! Lovely, lovely, supercute pictur...Lovely pictures! Lovely, lovely, supercute pictures!<br /><br />I'm chuckling a little over the Chanukah thing being brought into this discussion. Every year, I get Easter and Christmas greetings from a beloved friend who is a rabbi, and every year he gets High Holy Days and Chanukah greetings from me. LOL <br /><br />Add me to the list of non-Christmas card senders. I quit sending Christmas cards the winter my marriage broke up. There was nothing merry about a destroyed family. As time has passed, I've never gone back to sending cards because most of my friends have shifted over to animated e-cards. The only snailmail Christmas cards I get every year anymore are from my parents, my grandmother, and my best friend from college (his wife sends out picture cards because everyone is always clambering for a new pic of their darling little boys). This year, I got a surprise snailmail card from my cousin, but it makes sense because it was a collage photo card showing his wedding picture from this year, his new stepson, and the ultrasound photo of their tadpole. That Happy Holidays card (he's Jewish, she's Catholic) was their "we're expecting!" announcement after having let family members know a week or so earlier. <br /><br />Everyone else has gone digital or just doesn't bother with cards at all anymore. I know a lot of people dropped the Christmas card thing last year or the year before because of harsh economic setbacks for their households. Cards and postage became an unaffordable luxury for several families in my circles when they got smacked by the recession.Rigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-43706892089640023502010-12-17T12:51:48.968-05:002010-12-17T12:51:48.968-05:00Well, actually, I don't teach computers. I tea...Well, actually, I don't teach computers. I teach people how to use computers. Perhaps I should teach grammar. - Anne againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-82836655993235297292010-12-17T12:49:49.580-05:002010-12-17T12:49:49.580-05:00I'm so with you on this, Deb. I love sending c...I'm so with you on this, Deb. I love sending cards and take particular pride in mine being the first one received. All of my friends tell me every year, "Yep. Yours was the first one again." Pathetic that I am, it thrills me no end! And I'm with you on the picture card as well. I remember feeling exactly the way you did. So envious of those kids whose families actually got it together enough to get the pictures taken. We never did do that, but now my daughter does it with her kids and I love love love it! BTW, your hair looks fab!!<br /><br />Merry merry Christmas to you and your families, Barb and Deb. Looking forward to a great 2011 with The Middle Ages. - Anne (still can't figure out the stupid profile thing - and I teach computers. Scary.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-81602685061169075032010-12-17T12:09:40.433-05:002010-12-17T12:09:40.433-05:00Oh, Deb, just have to add to that too. I really re...Oh, Deb, just have to add to that too. I really really don't mind getting "just a greeting". I excitedly display all my received cards on my "happy wall". Some, like yours, showcase wonderful family photos (or playful variations thereof) and some are traditional cards with greeting. I treasure each and every one. Even the ones from the the bank and our newspaper delivery guy. But I keep forgetting to recycle them in the smart way you do (see Deb's 1st comment). Those tags look AMAZING!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020502430509158737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-30699733425091638462010-12-17T12:08:23.377-05:002010-12-17T12:08:23.377-05:00love the photos. cannot get enough photos (what is...love the photos. cannot get enough photos (what is wrong with me? is this what fb has done?). I am also a non-card sender (also, a jew, so chalking it up to that), but still envy those who can get it together to both get the photos taken and then get them into card form and then send them out to dozens. For me, it's thank god for fb and email. Happy holidays to you both and your beautiful families. And, Deb, must say it STILL surprises me to see your husband there in your photos -- i was a huge Whose Line is it Anyway fan back in the day, and then my younger son, on reruns. *giggles idolstruckedly*gae polisnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491813685110351809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-15633743151637169002010-12-17T11:52:46.322-05:002010-12-17T11:52:46.322-05:00Hart I have the same problem. I love to write note...Hart I have the same problem. I love to write notes but I had to give it up. I see what Katie means from her point of view about being disappointed not to receive a personal note but frankly, we send out 250 Christmas cards and I think of each and every person as I stamp and label them. I always hope that people are just happy to have a little Festive greeting from us.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-45972356824014806352010-12-17T11:48:22.008-05:002010-12-17T11:48:22.008-05:00Oh, those are both GREAT pictures! We have only d...Oh, those are both GREAT pictures! We have only done it a couple times--usually with just the kids. My problem is the opposite of Barb's--I am TOO good a letter writer and want to be personal with everyone and it just overwhelms me to think about. better to do them over the year, spread out a little.<br /><br />Deb, i think your hair is darling, but even if it weren't, agree that the puppy nEEDED displaying. Barb-I love your pink haired daughter--personality jumps off the screen every time I see her.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-31037244740822217432010-12-17T11:31:38.423-05:002010-12-17T11:31:38.423-05:00Deb, I put every photo I own in the basket except ...Deb, I put every photo I own in the basket except for an occasional trip where it is places that I need to mark on the back or keep in the album and my wedding to my ex. They are the only albums. I got the idea from my Daughter-in-laws mother. It is a great conversation piece. This way they really do get looked at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-9451919569381385952010-12-17T10:50:15.482-05:002010-12-17T10:50:15.482-05:00I don't send cards either, and pictures never ...I don't send cards either, and pictures never do justice to my great beauty (hork!), but I love to receive cards -- though only if they include something more than best wishes and a signature. It's kind of a downer when there isn't even a short note. Those annual Christmas reports that people sometimes send are a real treat to sit down and read, and a photo thrown in makes things even better. Your guys's are lovely!Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-54674265069122957052010-12-17T10:04:33.243-05:002010-12-17T10:04:33.243-05:00Madge I am sooooooo stealing that idea. Next year ...Madge I am sooooooo stealing that idea. Next year I am going to put out all my Photo cards over the years for people to glance through. LOVE IT!!!!! As you say, I have some where the babies now have babies. Wonderful.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-50800568951508098002010-12-17T10:00:35.873-05:002010-12-17T10:00:35.873-05:00Love the photo cards. The yearly update is an int...Love the photo cards. The yearly update is an interesting thing. You brag about everything the family did that year. I want a bad Christmas letter telling about all the trials and tribulations the family overcame or better yet all the pay it forwards people did. Since I have never sent a card in my life this year will be no exception. I have received Hanukkah, Holiday and Christmas ones so far. The kids are adorable or in some cases the grand kids. I have a big basket in my living room where I put all my photos (took them out of albums) and every time someone comes over they are pulling pictures and you could get me as a child or my grown kids as babies etc. Much better than albums know one every sees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-4914724439310042282010-12-17T09:43:18.234-05:002010-12-17T09:43:18.234-05:00Lyndsie I think that's so lovely that your fam...Lyndsie I think that's so lovely that your family wants an updated shot each year. What a lovely tradition.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-67397358566929918162010-12-17T09:26:42.449-05:002010-12-17T09:26:42.449-05:00I have to have an updated photo taken each year. M...I have to have an updated photo taken each year. My family likes to have one of me for some reason every single year. I was hopeing not to have on taken this year,but no I had to have one. Not only do my Christmas photo's go in the Christmas cards,but mying also go on facebook. That way all my friends can see them as well,which I don't mind. Anyways, those photo's of your all's family look so good.Lyndsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474928538640746195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-11950955944882006262010-12-17T09:01:39.682-05:002010-12-17T09:01:39.682-05:00Any method to send a Christmas card or any card fo...Any method to send a Christmas card or any card for that matter, is the right way. I love to get festive greetings in any form. I do love getting my mailed cards though for another reason and this was an idea my sister in law gave to me-I cut the cards up after Christmas using ribbed scissors and a single hole punch and use them as my Christmas gift tags for the next year! Cool huh?Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.com