birth announcement or Xmas card

mct91414

I'm wondering if I should do a birth announcement after my son arrives or just do a xmas card very soon after.
What would you opt for?

momofsweetps

When my last September baby was born, we just did a birth announcement on the front of our Christmas card. It worked great because we have a large list to send and stamps are kind of pricey.

eah325

I am considering a Thanksgiving card this year (instead of a Christmas one)--- something like "This year, we have much for which to be thankful" with a picture and birth announcement. That way I can get a birth announcement and holiday card all in one but get it out a bit earlier.

MW5280

eah325 said:

I am considering a Thanksgiving card this year (instead of a Christmas one)--- something like "This year, we have much for which to be thankful" with a picture and birth announcement. That way I can get a birth announcement and holiday card all in one but get it out a bit earlier.

I think you are a genius!

And I might, maybe, totally steal this idea...

musicmomma00

We're just waiting until Christmas this time. Did both with DS (sept 16 bday) and it was a ton of stamps and too much work!

thefuturemrsdaniel

I'm doing a birth announcement but I usually don't get around to Christmas cards haha with my first we did a combo but he was a mid Nov baby

ForeverEverAfter

Can I steal that thanksgiving idea?! Brilliant! #1 was born Dec 16th, so I combined it by slipping a pic of her under the tree inside with birth stats on the back. I feel like it's too far apart to do them together this time, but thanksgiving (which is October here in Canada) would be perfect! We're pretty slack with Christmas cards, I think the only years we made it through the whole list was when we were also including wedding thank you cards or birth announcements.

eah325

Everyone is welcome to use the idea!

19katee2

I was thinking about sending a digital birth announcement from paperless press via email and then a real card for Christmas when babe is 3-4 months old.

junebaby20

Facebook will be our birth announcement this time around. I mean really. I'm just going to load the same photos that are in the announcement and quit frankly I think they end up in the trash anyways. We have an amazing maple tree out back so I think I will do something fallish that will double as a Christmas card. That will also just end up in the trash...most likely.