Nice Christmas Cards
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
That's lovely, Pete.
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
That is true Pete. We are lucky to have holly growing in the garden which gets a pruning in December!
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
At first, I misread it as golly growing in the garden which gets pruning in December!!! I hope not!
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Received two cards today - I know which one of the two is my favourite!
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This one today - it's probably my favourite so far!
Notice how it hedges its bets by wishing both a Happy and a Merry Christmas on the front of the card!
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Another Day, another card. Quite a nice one too!
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These are lovely Pete, I missed this thread or I'd have posted sooner. I don't have a scanner but I'll try and copy some of my cards tomorrow, it's interesting to see what different designs there are.
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What a heavenly collection of cards, Pete! Lovely to display such attractive and colourful greetings at Christmas - only trouble is how bare it all looks when they come down...
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
Thanks for sharing these, Pete. I've had some lovely ones too and will try to share some of them here, although I don't have a scanner, so I'm having to do photos instead, which may not be as good quality. Here are some...
(from my parents in Australia)
(from a good friend at my church)
(from my parents in Australia)
(from a good friend at my church)
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
(another of my favourites — this is from my closest friend at work, who's also an Aussie!)
(from another of my colleagues)
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And lastly one from a friend who has a flat in Hastings with an Art Deco theme, so this was a very appropriate card she found:
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
Great cards Courtenay - I love the very first one!
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
So do I. On the inside it has "Merry Christmas from Down Under" with the "Down Under" written upside down (ha ha ha), so Dad has written in it upside down as well.
I'm sorry my hasty photos don't do the cards justice — the colours in all of them are actually much brighter!
I'm sorry my hasty photos don't do the cards justice — the colours in all of them are actually much brighter!
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
I had one from Australia too - no picture but a nice message inscribed in a Christmas bauble "Sending Christmas Wishes all the way to you", then under that "from across the miles" and inside "with lots of love from all the way over here!" "Merry Christmas"
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Re: Nice Christmas Cards
It's nice to receive ones from so far away, isn't it — especially when they're from family or friends you don't see often. I must admit I wasn't as good... I just sent an e-card to my family to save on postage! But it was a nice one and they appreciated it. (I will be seeing them next month anyway.)
I've finally managed to get some results out of the photo editing site (I think my internet was running slow before), so I've just gone back and brightened all my photos of the cards — still not perfect, but closer now to how they actually look.
I've finally managed to get some results out of the photo editing site (I think my internet was running slow before), so I've just gone back and brightened all my photos of the cards — still not perfect, but closer now to how they actually look.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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