I love saving cards from family and friends. My husband calls me a hoarder, but it’s the best way to keep the memories alive.   My Mil passed away a couple of years back and  the Christmas cards that I saved were able to preserve memories for my children since they are so young. They added them to our memory book and will cherish them forever.

I live thousands of miles away from everyone in my family, so I receive a lot of online Christmas cards. It’s always fun to show them to the kids when they are animated and move around.  I also print them out and we always have them hanging on the wall by the Christmas tree for the kids to enjoy and to bring in some holiday cheer.   One of my favorite sites to find cards is Storkie.com, they have a wide variety of Christmas cards and even have photo Christmas cards (my favorite).  I love photo cards because they actually give the recipient a true feel of who is sending the card, from the picture.  I know everyone in my family loves them. My mom has all the photo cards I have sent hanging on the wall.

Christmas is still over 5 months away but it never hurts to get in the mood early. Christmas in July!  Thinking of Christmas one of my favorite Christmas card memories was when I was 6 or 7, I had written a letter to Santa. I was  a little skeptical, but a few days before Christmas I received a card back from Santa and it has a little recordable message when it opens. It says: Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas Brandy! I know you’ve been good this year so I’ll make sure your on my special list. Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!  I was so shocked that Santa sent me a card and it actually had my name in it. I still have that card too, and it still plays.

Visit www.storkie.com to find a Christmas in July celebration.

Disclosure: I was compensated for this post from Storkie.com through Global Influence.