Christmas is a time for tradition. Even people with the most progressive of personalities and forward thinking tastes tend to open up to tradition and reminiscence during the yuletide season. Whether it’s hanging a few heirloom ornaments on an otherwise modern themed Christmas tree, mixing in kitschy childhood decorations with impeccably stylish home décor, listening to old standard Christmas songs by artists that wouldn’t otherwise grace one’s iPod in a million years or even just carrying on traditional family celebrations passed down through the generations; it seems that there is always room, and maybe even some desire, to include a touch of classic Christmas.
Infographic: All We Want for Christmas 2011
December 2nd. Only 23 days until sleigh bells start ringing and your living room is covered in brightly colored wrapped paper. When you open your mailbox you’re now going to start seeing an array of colored envelopes with Christmas cards tucked safely inside. You’ll start getting invitations to formal and not so formal Christmas parties, where either Santa or the quintessential rum is present.
December – The Month of Engagements
Tomorrow is the first day of December, and you know what that means! Engagements galore!
Did you know December is the most popular month to get engaged? December accounts for about one in every five proposals. A lot of times grooms choose Christmas Eve to pop the question, and of course others wait until after Santa arrives and ask on Christmas Day.
9 Fun Ways to Wrap Gift Cards
Some people may argue that gift cards or gift certificates to someone’s favorite restaurant, clothing store or electronics store is a copout when it comes to Christmas gifts. It’s often argued that giving a gift card or certificate is a no-thought, lackluster, spur of the moment way of solving the annoying “what to give” dilemma. Get these thoughts out of your head, everyone. This is so not true.
Infographic: Do You Need a Social Media Detox?
Most experts agree that social media has revolutionized the way people interact with one another. Yet, for all its benefits, it has a dark side: creeping addictiveness. It often starts at a young age, with nothing more than a harmless, occasional status update. Upon adulthood, however, it explodes into a full-blown debilitating condition
6 Christmas Card Verses We Dare You to Use
If you’re like most people, regardless of the style of Christmas card you chose, you’ll opt for a fairly traditional verse for the inside. However there are some amongst us who are a bit more daring, who live life a little more on the edge, who like to stick things in a lion’s cage and see what happens, who have been on Santa’s list for coal more than not!
Today is 11-11-11…But Today is Something Else Too
It’s all over the news today. It’s the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year of the century. It’s an event that won’t be repeated for another 100 years. Apparently it’s a lucky day if you follow one of several philosophies that claim the number one is a sign of luck for starting a business or a relationship and that double ones represent opening a portal to a new era. With all those ones and double ones, today must be a lucky one for sure!
Infographic: What Videos American Workers Admit to Watching on Their Mobile Phones
I don’t think it’s a secret that everyone has moments where they blatantly slack off at work. Maybe we talk on their cell five minutes longer than they should. Maybe we spend a little too much time checking their Facebook or Twitter feed. Maybe we linger on a news website too long under the guise of “research.” Maybe we sneak a glance at our cells and check out a few videos when we think no one is looking. Sneaky? Yes. Breaking some company rules? You bet! However, I think we all do it at some point or another.
Invitation Etiquette – Holiday Edition
You don’t need me to tell you that the holidays are rapidly approaching. The malls are decorated and surely you’ve seen at least one Black Friday or Christmas commercial reminding you that time is running out to get your shopping done. Personally, the holidays don’t start for me until I see the famous Hershey’s Kisses Christmas commercial. Growing up, that was always the key that soon I’d be gorging myself on turkey and after that Santa would be visiting.
Sharing is Good – Especially When You Get Something Out of It!
If you’ve been reading along with us for any length of time you’ve probably already realized, and if you’re new around here you’re about to realize, that we don’t tend to get wrapped up in talking about sales or promotions on the 123Print Blog. But every now and again there are some things that are so swanky we just can’t resist letting you in on them. The swank-o-meter goes up another notch when an opportunity for you to profit is involved. This, my friend, is one of those times!