Mark your calendar for December 1st as a mental reminder. Buy your stamps now—don’t be the person asking the cashier for 20 Christmas tree stamps while glaring at the line. Write the cards in stages, not all at once. Your hand won’t cramp, and you’ll actually enjoy writing “Thinking of you” without wanting to cry.
The last day for posting Xmas cards is really just a suggestion, like a speed limit. Break it, and you might not get a ticket—but you’ll feel the guilt. So do yourself a favor: be the person who sends them on the 16th. That way, you can spend the 23rd wrapping presents and wrestling that golden retriever, without a single envelope in sight.
Now go write some cards. And maybe, just maybe, save a stamp for me.
