{"id":11529,"date":"2015-12-18T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T05:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11529"},"modified":"2017-08-02T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T18:34:17","slug":"cards-to-send-them-or-not-to-send-them-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11529","title":{"rendered":"Cards &#8211; to send them or not to send them&#8230; that is the question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you worry and wonder about sending cards at this time of year? Okay, this might be a bit late because most of the mailing deadlines have long since passed.<\/p>\n<p>Well the folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/grammar-check\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/grammar-check<\/a> have put together a couple of tongue-in-cheek infographics to help you through this troublesome dilemma.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The New Adult&#8230;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/contenthub-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/17083018\/HolidayCardPlanning11.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday Card Flow Chart Infographic1\" width=\"850\" height=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20237\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Pro Adult&#8230;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/contenthub-static\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/17083017\/HolidayCardPlanning21-1.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday Card Flow Chart Infographic2\" width=\"850\" height=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20241\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And some fun facts about holiday cards..<\/span>.<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Americans send 1.6 billion holiday cards annually [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greetingcard.org\/AbouttheIndustry\/tabid\/58\/Default.aspx\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Women purchase an estimated 80% of all greeting cards [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greetingcard.org\/AbouttheIndustry\/tabid\/58\/Default.aspx\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>E-cards have become an environmentally friendly alternative to paper cards [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/11\/28\/AR2007112800673_2.html?sid=ST2007112801072\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Christmas cards originated in London, where Sir Henry Cole commissioned the first in 1843. 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