Christmas Cards

What do you do with your Christmas cards??

A few years ago, one of my friends told me that my pastor and his family keep all the Christmas cards they receive, and they choose a card everyday and pray for that family.  I usually just toss out the cards after Christmas (keeping the ones with pictures), but Scott and I decided to make this a tradition in our house also. I think I am going to keep the box of cards on the kitchen table, and we will pray for the family/person that sent us the card at dinner along with saying the blessing.


I did a google search to see how other's add it to their day and found the following:
According to Hallmark, one of the world's premier greeting card providers, next to Mother's Day, Christmas inspires more card giving than any other holiday. These communications, whether sent on a printed card, an e-card, via text messages or even posted online, give us the opportunity to reach out to both those close to us and our larger extended circle of friends, family members, and colleagues to say "you matter to me." But what about prayer? As Shirley Dobson suggests, the process of sending and receiving Christmas cards is a terrific way to direct our thoughts and attention to the special people and families in our lives, and bring those people and their interests before our Lord. As a family, praying for others is a unifying activity that invites the Father to the head of the table in our households.


"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."
Matthew 18:20 (NIV)

The website suggested:
• Choose one Christmas card each day from those received. Read the card aloud and pass it around the family circle. (Do this at a regular time like bedtime or after supper each night or at breakfast time.)


• Have special prayer together for each person in the family that sent the card.

By the way, we didn't send out Christmas cards this year.  I have been banned due to the 2008 Christmas card.