Holiday greeting cards, do they still matter? Yes, they do. The US Postal Service estimates that out of the 20+ billion pieces of mail they handle between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, 1.5 billion are attributed to holiday cards! Let’s face it, the end of the year is overflowing with holidays, feast days, celebrations and […]
In Praise of Holiday Greeting Cards
December 26, 2016 These last week weeks, I would discover large stacks of cards at individual mailboxes, waiting for me to pick up for mailing. I love to see folks still sending cards by mail. The fact that people are still communicating on paper is key. A personalized card is a keepsake. So why do […]
Full Attention
October 29, 2012 __________________________________________________________________________________________ A recent review in THE WEEK asks this question: “Facebook: Are social media making us lonely?” Stephen Marche in The Atlantic states: “Thanks to texting, Facebook, Google+, and Twitter, Americans now live in a “web of connection” in which we can reach everyone we know in just a fraction of a […]