{"id":291,"date":"2011-12-08T04:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimberleybarker.net\/2011\/12\/an-old-fashioned-hand-written-christimas-card\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T04:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T04:04:00","slug":"an-old-fashioned-hand-written-christimas-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberleybarker.net\/2011\/12\/an-old-fashioned-hand-written-christimas-card\/","title":{"rendered":"An old fashioned, hand-written Christimas Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" id=\"il_fi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wallpaperweb.org\/wallpaper\/miscellaneous\/1600x1200\/S4wChristmasCards062.jpg\" style=\"padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>What ever happened to the Christmas card that used to have a hand-written address on the front of the envelope and a special, heartfelt note inside?<\/h3>\n<p>I pondered this thought tonight as I was looking over my Christmas to-do list and writing out my christmas cards was still in the top five things yet to be done.&nbsp; I really enjoy sitting down with a steamy, hot cup of&nbsp; Baileys and coffee, my pen and a box of Christmas cards.&nbsp; I set aside time each year to write a special note to each one of my friends that I have not seen in awhile and to my family to let them know how much they mean to me.<\/p>\n<p>In my mind, these cards represent little gifts in an envelope.&nbsp; I thoughtfully think of what I want to say and try to pour my love and caring into each word.&nbsp; It is my hope that as my friends and family open their mailbox and see that card inside, that somehow, someway, love gets released into the air and fills them with happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Now with the advent of e-cards and apparently cards sent via text, won&#8217;t some of us still continue on with the old-fashioned tradtion of a handwritten christmas card?&nbsp; Afterall, how many of us love to go to our mailbox to discover a hand-written letter from a friend?<\/p>\n<p>Goodnight,<\/p>\n<p><em>Kimberley<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What ever happened to the Christmas card that used to have a hand-written address on the front of the envelope and a special, heartfelt note inside? 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