Annual Christmas Card Results
Christmas
2011 delivered 74 seasonal cards to our house, not including family photos and
newsletters. The religiously-themed cards (36) almost equal the secular cards (37). One card technically
brings New Year’s greetings from a couple of Unitarian friends.
Among
the secular cards, 7 are winter scenes of which 2 are snowscapes, and 7 focus
on evergreen trees and/or tree decorations. 5 picture red-breasted robins which
are a Yuletide tradition here in Scotland. 4 include Santa or a part of Santa;
one card shows a cute puppy with a red ribbon around its neck watching a
red-trousered leg going up the chimney. 3 cards have a total of 6 teddy bears
on them. And then there’s a smattering of unique cards including a drawing of a
high school student by a high school student sent by the local high school, a
scene involving a spaceman designed by another student at another school, and a
photo of orange honeysuckle-looking flowers delightfully described by the
sender as “blooms welcoming me to Butter Gap Shelter on Art Loeb Trail in
Pisgah National Forest during a solo day-hike.”
Among
the religious cards, the most popular by far are nativity scenes (29) of which
4 depict Mary and Joseph en route and 3 portray just Mary and the baby Jesus.
The magi (6) outnumber the shepherds (3) or angels (2).
21
cards shine with gold or silver and are mostly religious scenes. Of the 10 cards
that have glitter on them only 2 are religious.
But
the cards we display year round have a dove of peace or say “Peace on earth.”
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