Here’s our latest Daily Doozy, a spot of mirth in the face of Current Events. We hope you enjoy enough to survive the day!

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We’ve tumbled headlong into the Spirit of the Holiday! I gave our Marketing Director, Jonas, a box of those chocolate covered liqueur cherries. He gave one to our Creative Director, Bennett, who is, in his own words, a teetotaler and a lightweight. Well the one he had this morning put him in a very creative mood and he got us all joining in the fun. You see the results below!

WE want you to know, this is the same set of fertile imaginations that write, design and animate our funny Christmas cards as well. Now you know!

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been saving wrapping and tissue paper for years. In the depths of my laundry room resides a plastic bag full of the packaging of presents past. Anytime I need to quickly wrap a gift, I reach in and re-use. (That’s called “pre-cycling” by the way.)

If you don’t have used packaging at the ready, may I suggest the common brown paper bag? Before you poo-poo it, I’m not suggesting just a plain old paper bag; that’s a little too frumpy and schoolbook cover.

A few of the following add-ons will turn that bag into something special:

1. Cut-outs from holiday magazines. Magazines are loaded with glossy graphics that paste easily onto the paper bag. Add a few or add a bunch. Or go a little abstract and toss on a celebrity or two.
2. Old photographs. Most of us have a vast collection of cherished photographs to choose from. Not only does an old photo personalize your gift, but the photograph itself becomes a gift.
3. DaVinci the heck out of that bag. Before you wrap the gift, take some watercolor paints and showcase your true inner artist, no matter how crappy he or she may be. Or use magic markers. Or even crayons, for that child-like touch.
4. Natural touches. Feathers, leaves and dried flowers are often readily available for the pasting.

Holidays can wreak havoc on our earth with all the paper we use. Did you know that a large amount of the wrapping “paper” we use is now actually made out of plastic? Think of how long that lasts and how much we dump into landfills every Holiday season.

Why not make some small, creative “green” changes that send a more personalized and creative message?

Speaking of eco-friendly choices, our funny Christmas ecards leave virtually no carbon footprint. Send a Christmas ecard to someone you love, wrapped only with good intentions.

While we may never really know who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp or who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong, by the end of this holiday blog post you will better understand who put the “x” in your very merry Xmas.

So there was this emperor, right? And his name was Constantine. And he lived a long, long time ago. Well, when he converted to Christianity,  before him appeared a strange vision. He saw the Greek letters “chi” and “rho” intertwined. (Chi is written as an “x” and rho as a “p.”)

From that point forward, ol’ Constantine decided that Christ could be referred to as “XP” for short. Cut to present day and we still refer to Christmas as Xmas. (XPMas just didn’t have a ring to it.)

Some rigid types think the term “Xmas” is a way of secularizing the holiday but it’s really just the opposite. Christ is still in Xmas, but in the form of a nickname of sorts.

If you want to wish someone you love a very merry Xmas or Christmas, check out our wide selection of Christmas ecards you can send for free and have a great holiday!