With Christmas day fast approaching, I want to pause for a moment and send my crazy Christmas card greetings to you and yours. Thanks so much for spending time with me and becoming part of Minivan Ministries!
When I was in high school, I went to church camp. There was a lady there with a crazy flower in her hair. It definitely wasn’t fashionable, but it made you smile, and almost laugh to look at it. She noticed someone smiling at her and said, “Did it make you smile? If it did, then it was worth it.” She had no idea that that brief moment in history, when she wasn’t even talking directly to me, would shape my thought process for the rest of my life. There are lots of times I know I look silly or make mistakes, but if I make someone smile in the process, it is usually worth it. We don’t always have to look our best. It is enough to just make someone smile. Enter the crazy Christmas card…
Our first photo Christmas card was your traditional Christmas card in front of the house. I even had on a Christmas sweater! (Sorry I couldn’t find that one!)
The next year, we took a quick shot with some large candy cane props. We thought we would snap a few funny ones just to be silly. As it turned out, we like the silly ones the best. Thus, our crazy Christmas card tradition was born…
Our 1st crazy Christmas card. Reeling him in for a kiss!
Our 2nd crazy card–my hubby popping out of a box and scaring me.
Getting a bit more creative…our mischievous angel at the top of the tree. This one was a big hit!
Our first Christmas with our boy! This will always be one of our favorites. We borrowed the reindeer suits from church. They used them to give out hot chocolate at the Christmas parade.
Our gingerbread mini-me’s.
Then we had our first baby girl!
This one was one of our biggest hits. Baby was shaking us all up in the snow globe!
Our Christmas card doubled as our “expecting” announcement.
This is when we moved to Nashville literally days before Christmas and wanted a Nashville themed card.
We were obviously still excited to be in the Nashville area. Plus our kids were getting into super heroes. This was the card front.
This was the card back. What is a Batman card without the Bat Mobile?
And last, but not least, here is this year’s card…
What I don’t love about this card, is that it is hard to really see what we look like, which isn’t ideal for friends and family that don’t live close by. I love those sweet baby faces, and I like to show them off!
There you have it! I adore seeing sweet family photos of family and friends. I love photography so much that I even enjoy looking at photos of strangers sometimes. If you do traditional photos on your Christmas cards, chances are that I will love them them. I just like to take this opportunity to hopefully send a little Christmas laughter.
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.” 2 Corinthians 9:15 HCSB
Merry Christmas!
pretty – and a very blessed holiday season to you and your family!
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Love the progression. I had the privilege of seeing the lead singer of KISS at a convention. He wasn’t too bad!
I LOVE these! Every time I thought “oh that’s my favorite” I saw another favorite. haha. So cute! Defintely made me smile. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed them!
These are great!
Those are great – what a fun tradition – I really like the angel on the top of the tree.
So fun! I love all the different cards!
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What a fun progression! These are all so creative. I particularly liked the Batman themed ones. Although the Nashville one was pretty cute too.
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These are so cool! We had photo cards for a few years, but we don’t have this history – such fun!
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what a fun tradition… I love all the cards!!
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