Holiday Gifts By Hallmark

In retrospect, trying to make your Christmas gifts more personal by giving out home made fruit cakes last year wasn’t such a good idea.  This year try personalizing your holiday gifts and cards in a different way.

Whether you choose to share treasured photographs, record a greeting or simply tell a story, Hallmark can help you create specially personalized lasting holiday memories. As an added bonus, when your family and friends open their gifts this year the joy on their faces will be real.

Make a List and Check It Twice
Instead of including a newsletter in your Christmas cards, send out something your friends and family will enjoy reading – a list.   Aunt Pat who ravishes reading, will love a “Books I read this year” list.  And a “What’s on our iPod” list will have the music lovers in your family discovering new tunes.  If you don’t have enough time to make personalized lists, get your family together to create a generic ”What we enjoyed most in 2009” list.

A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words
Who doesn’t love a personalized Christmas card?  This year, Hallmark offers Christmas cards that come with a DVD so it’s easy to make and send a digital family album to friends and family who live far away.  With a few pictures and a couple of minutes on the computer, you can create a picture perfect family – even if it’s not always that way in real life.

Van Gogh To Go
Do you have a budding artist on your hands? Then this Christmas, share your mini Picasso’s paintings with friends and family. Take a picture of your kids’ cool school project or interesting drawing, write the details on the back and pop it into your Christmas cards for a special surprise.

Share Your Memories Digitally
Digital memory keeping gives you a new way to personalize and share special moments. Hallmark’s Digital Scrapbooks let you create your own pages to be viewed on a digital frame or given as a gift.  Just be sure not to mix up the scrapbook you’re giving your inlaws with the special “naughty” one you made for your husband.

Hooked on Ornaments
Whether it’s decorating cookies, setting up the Christmas tree or pretending to call Santa when the kids are misbehaving, traditions are what make the holidays magical.  This year create a whole new tradition by personalizing your ornaments with photos or a recorded message and decorating your tree with Hallmark’s Keepsake Ornaments.

 

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