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\u201cOh, my stars! It\u2019s a letter from dear Willeford! He\u2019s writing from far off America!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Say it in 3D | Image courtesy Etsy seller anasdesignshop<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You\u2019ve probably watched a scene just like this one on some BBC period drama, with sumptuous clothes and weirdly bad lighting and various viscounts\u2014and a character exclaiming delightedly at receiving a letter.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s almost unimaginable that there was a time when you could go months without word from a loved one, instead of reading about the daily life of grade-school acquaintances on social media. But there\u2019s also probably a twinge of regret; regret that you don\u2019t get letters anymore. The mail is often nothing more than ads and bills\u2014there\u2019s no mystery.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve gained so much from instant communication, but we\u2019ve also lost something. That\u2019s why we\u2019re so excited that National Send a Card to a Friend Day is coming around this February 7th. When you send a card, a letter, or an e-greeting, you\u2019re giving so much more than a piece of paper. You\u2019re giving a gift of yourself. You\u2019re giving the gift of words. You\u2019re sending love in an envelope\u2014even if it\u2019s a digital one.<\/p>\n

Greeting Cards Are an Unexpected Event<\/h4>\n
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Cards that send a message | Image courtesy Amazon seller Note Card Cafe<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re like me, when you get a card in the mail, you look at the envelope a few times, almost confused. You see the return address with a familiar name, but it\u2019s not your birthday. It\u2019s not Christmas. It\u2019s just…a day. And that\u2019s when you start to get excited. <\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019re excited because it\u2019s unexpected. It could be an invitation to a party, or the announcement of a baby. You open it, and it\u2019s a note. It\u2019s a card, hand-written. It\u2019s heartfelt. It matters because the meaning behind it is that you were thought of. <\/span><\/p>\n

And it\u2019s the same with an e-card. We get so much junk and nonsense in our inboxes and social media feeds all day that the unexpected ping of something sent just because you\u2019re you makes an enormous difference. The surprise of an e-card cuts through the chaff of our never-emptying inbox, and sends the gift of brightness. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, with this holiday, it\u2019s not about everyone <\/span>getting <\/span><\/i>a card on the 7th. That would be had to coordinate, given the times it takes mail to be delivered. Of course, you can do that with e-cards but, otherwise, we\u2019re looking to <\/span>send<\/span><\/i> them on the 7th. So get some blank cards, stock up on envelopes, stretch out your hand, and put pen to paper. <\/span><\/p>\n

Prompts and Inspirations to Send Your Love<\/h4>\n

Obviously, we can\u2019t tell you exactly what to say, but we can give some ideas, some prompts, some bits of inspiration:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reading a letter used to be an everyday scene | Image courtesy Etsy seller OakwoodView<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Send best wishes. <\/b>Remember that these cards don\u2019t have to be written to your best friend in the whole world. They can be to a relative you don\u2019t talk to enough, an acquaintance with whom your main interaction is the occasional Facebook \u201clike,\u201d or an old neighbor who you used to hang out with until you moved away. Just send a card saying you\u2019re thinking about them, and hope they\u2019re doing well. Tell them you miss them. And that\u2019s enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

Send something personal<\/b>. All cards are inherently personal, but make sure that what you\u2019re writing isn\u2019t mass-produced, but directed to a specific person. Ask something about them, let them know that you\u2019re writing with them in mind. We don\u2019t expect this from an invitation or a thank you note from a wedding, but when sending a card out of the blue, take the time to make it a reflection of your relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Send your personality. <\/b>Remember that while you\u2019re sending the card <\/span>to<\/span><\/i> a person, you\u2019re sending it <\/span>from<\/span><\/i> yourself. So find a card that reflects who you are, and how you\u2019re feeling. Are you sending warmth and love? Are you feeling goofy? Do you want to send cute animals or cute actors (goslings and Goslings)? The writing is what matters, of course, but you also want to make sure the card makes people think of you with a smile on their face when they see it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hay, girl! There\u2019s a card for any personality | Image courtesy Etsy seller GreymountPaperPress<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Send gratitude. <\/b>Sometimes, you just want to tell a person that you appreciate them. It might be <\/span>for doing you a solid one time<\/span><\/a>, or it might be because you\u2019re happy they exist, just knowing that they\u2019re out there with their own personalities, with their greatness and their flaws, with their huge heart and goofy laugh. You\u2019re grateful that you know them. Your life is better for knowing them. Because life is measured by the people we let into our hearts, and who we are is shaped by those around us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Send a photo. <\/b>I know there are over 82,000 pictures of you online, most of which involve cake of some kind, for some reason. Those are cool, but there\u2019s something great about holding a tangible photo. If you have a real, printed picture of you with a friend or family memeber, whether you printed it off your phone or dug it out of a shoebox, that matters. It moves from ephemeral to tangible. It\u2019s a great thing to get in a card. It\u2019s an amber-captured smile.<\/span><\/p>\n

Send something funny. <\/b>I once got a card from an old friend of mine telling me a goofy story that just happened to her. She said that only I would get why it was so funny, and it cracked me up. It reminded me of absurd things happening when we would hang out and how we\u2019d laugh like idiots until everyone else backed off, confused. A card doesn\u2019t have to be ooey-gooey to be meaningful. The funny story reminded me of our friendship, and was an incredible thing to get out of the blue. I felt that old connection every time I looked at it. And I laughed. That\u2019s not a bad deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A stationary set to inspire | Image courtesy Etsy seller DPanesarillustration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Send a memory<\/b>. A card is something that you\u2019ll dig up a few years later, buried in a drawer or a scrapbook, and you\u2019ll remember when you got it, and how exciting it was. But the card itself can contain a memory. You can write someone and say, \u201cI was just thinking of that time we drove all night to catch the concert,\u201d or, \u201cI was just remembering how you held me when I found out she was sick,\u201d or anything else. It\u2019s a bond, it\u2019s a remembrance reaching out from the page. Each sentence, each letter, contains the sound of the band or the smell of the salty breeze or the arm wrapped around you in your sorrow\u2014and a gratitude for their friendship.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what\u2019s amazing about sending a letter. You\u2019re making the effort to reach out, to connect in a way outside of the speed and impermanence of our modern world. There is so much to love about the way we communicate in the modern, technological era, but there is also much to love in what we\u2019ve lost.<\/p>\n

But you can find it again. This February 7th, sit down and write a letter. You don\u2019t need wax seals or trained birds or a fancy Victorian desk. You just need to think about a person, wonder what they would love to open, and get to writing. A letter is more than a piece of paper. It\u2019s a gift that can only come from one person, and that might be the most meaningful gift of all.<\/p>\n

Let us know your most unexpected card story on our <\/i><\/b>Facebook page<\/i><\/b>,<\/i><\/b><\/a> on Twitter @Elfster, or Instagram @Elfster. And, for carefree gifting inspiration, browse our <\/i><\/b>gift guides<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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