If you're too damned busy to send your loved ones a card this holiday — and who isn't? There's all that shopping, SUV driving and holiday gorging to do — the Enquirer's got you covered.
With too many things left on her holiday to-do list last December, Katie Ashton decided to outsource her Christmas cards.
That's right, you can hire someone to do the last decent, personal tradition left. This is an AP story the Enquirer decided to run. I have to wonder: Did they check their brains or consciences at the door when they did so?
Red Stamp owner Erin Newkirk says it's the sentiment, not the
handwriting, that matters. Customers who want to include a personal
message tell the company what to write. Some even dictate the text for
their thank-you notes.
"You still thought about it," Newkirk says. "It's just executed in a different way."
Newkirk acknowledges that outsourcing cards isn't for everyone. Shawn Herrin agrees. In December 2004, his Colorado Springs-based technology company launched SendHappy.com with the motto "Handwritten cards, all the love, none of the hassle."
Read more and prepare to vomit.
- Stephen Carter-Novotni
There's a parallel here, with this blog, and your "letting"/outsourcing the writing to others such as that Christian preacher ... not exactly what hopeful readers of this blog may have been signing on for here. (Please drop the Christian crap and soon. The whole country's in a grip of it; i.e. you can find it all over the place ... stop outsourcing your cards ... make "spirituality" and "renewal" mean something ... please.)
Posted by: midwest transplant | November 28, 2007 at 01:29 AM