Your Christmas cards and New Year cards: a timeless tradition

Why write Christmas or greeting cards in 2024?

Rebuild or maintain links

For many of us, the holiday season is a time for family and friends to get together. It is an opportunity to renew ties that may have been a little strained during the year, to strengthen them or to enjoy seeing these ties remain very strong. Christmas or greeting cards are part of these end-of-year traditions that allow us to maintain social ties in a more authentic way than through a text message or an email. Writing a card is an opportunity to express your feelings, your thoughts, your memories, to simply show the recipient that you are thinking of them.

The pleasure of writing and receiving Christmas and greeting cards

At a time when mailboxes are filled with nothing but flyers, receiving a handwritten card is a moment of simple joy. Writing provides personal satisfaction and creates emotion. A Christmas or greeting card is a materialization of the bond that exists between two people.

The satisfaction of those who write them

Sending a Christmas or New Year card is a process that can take time. First, you have to choose the card. It should reflect who you are, but also who will receive it. The format, the paper, the design, the message… Kind, tender, traditional, cute or offbeat? Then, you think about what you want to write. There are two schools of thought: the cautious, who make a draft, and the instinctive, who jump right in! The pen is also important: black or blue, the classics, or gold, silver to emphasize the festive character. Be careful not to make any crossings out, that would be a shame. Shy, cheerful, modest, expansive, cordial, affectionate… everyone has their own style and inspiration for the message. The address… you have to look it up, or ask for it, which would spoil the surprise a little, but too bad. Don’t forget to write it down for next year. Then comes the choice of stamp. Classic or personalized? There is only one step left: slip the envelope into a mailbox, then wait! And rejoice a little while imagining the emotions of the recipient…

The emotions of those who receive them

On the other side, the recipient opens his mailbox and joyfully discovers a surprise inside. A greeting card! He contemplates the envelope, appreciates its feel, turns it over to try to find out who sent it to him. The challenge is to open it as carefully as possible, without tearing it. You don’t want to risk damaging what’s inside. Take the card out with your fingertips, slowly, look at it, touch it, soak up the design, then open it. The emotion of seeing this handwriting that has become too rare, appreciating the words, their meaning and everything they reveal. Finally, realizing the intangible value contained in a (not so) simple little end-of-year card.

Christmas or greeting cards: a symbol carrying meaning

Finally, writing cards at the end of the year is part of a social ritual that helps strengthen the feeling of belonging to a group. This gesture, which may be perceived as outdated, nevertheless has a profound symbolic significance. The wishes exchanged on the occasion of Christmas and the New Year are wishes for happiness, love, prosperity, protection, renewal… Aspirations that we wish for ourselves by wishing them to others. The card ritual also reflects a desire for durability and authenticity, in opposition to ephemeral digital messages. Its tangible format transforms the card into a precious object, often kept as a souvenir or even used as decoration during the holidays.

le typographe’s Christmas and Greeting Cards: A Revisited Tradition

True to this age-old tradition, le typographe offers a wide variety of Christmas cards as well as cards for the New Year that will suit all styles.

Cards with symbols, in a revisited or refined style: fir tree, nativity scene, Santa’s reindeer, star, donkey, gifts, Advent wreath, dromedaries of the three wise men
Cards with traditional or offbeat messages, in French, English or Dutch.

All our cards are made in our workshop in Brussels, by hand in an artisanal way, on our vintage typography presses. Each double card is accompanied by an envelope made of thick and colored paper that will not go unnoticed.

Find our wide selection of cards: Christmas and New Year cards

How about personalized greeting cards?

For a company, a club, an association… sending personalized cards is a strong symbol, which proves the attention paid to those who receive it. Our platform allows you to fill out a request form for original and unique cards that look like you by modeling:

• The type of paper
• The color of the paper
• The typography
• Options such as embossing, letterpress, gilding, cutting

We entrust your project to you and guarantee you local printing in Brussels, in typography and of high quality. Each print is carefully checked to ensure your satisfaction.

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