Need Christmas cards?

by Christina Clark Dec 16th 2008

Do you need a quick solution for those Christmas cards you haven't sent yet? Grandma and Aunt Betty might not be ready for e-cards but I'm guessing a lot of people on your list will enjoy them. You can suggest you are being eco-friendly by saving paper if they complain.

The first important factor in e-cards is that they should be free. I am not interested in paying for them - for that I could send regular cards. Also required would be a distinct lack of hokey poetry and lame music. Here are some possibilities:

Card Funk turns your photos into dancing, animated cards. The only annoyance I found here was that I had to resize a lot of my photos to make them usable. Card Funk is not into working with big files and images have to be less than 500kb to be usable. You can really customize the characters and layout of the card as well as the text and music.
Phreetings (Photo + Greetings) is pretty basic and gives you a link to send for others to view the card you have created. Not quite as simple as a card arriving in the inbox but the photos available are pretty interesting and have a more international flair.
Some ecards for "when you care enough to hit send" with sentiments like "I'll never be the secret Santa you deserve" and "Thanks for giving me a gift I don't have to return." No sappy poetry and lame music here. The site offers Christmas and Hanukkah cards as well as New Year cards in case you can't get others out in time for Christmas.

Where are your holiday cards coming from this year?

Tags: christmas, christmas cards, ChristmasCards, ecards

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Garfield said 4:12PM on 12-16-2008

Groupcard.com allows fellow revelers to group sign with the ability to include images and audio (optional). Also if you are in the giving mood you can include a gift card where the amount is based on the collective effort of the group. http://groupcard.com

Nick Triantos said 7:14PM on 12-16-2008

Hi, you should also check out http://tokbox.com for holiday cards. You can send free webcam-based video cards to friends and family, and the best part is that TokBox is donating $0.05 to Child Foundation (a great charity to help kids around the world) for each holiday greeting card that people send between Dec 10 and Xmas. Happy Holidays!

SS said 8:21PM on 12-16-2008

If you like ecards, here are some beautiful, animated ecards for Christmas.

http://www.squidoo.com/christmas-ecards

Dan Kerschen said 12:46PM on 12-17-2008

I love MOO-cards! http://www.moo.com/

Rocketboy said 7:06PM on 12-17-2008

If it ain't Hoops and Yoyo, it ain't worth opening.

Julian said 8:23PM on 12-17-2008

Hi, thank you for the post.

I'd like to recommend this website, too, where you can download Free power point templates: http://www.free-power-point-templates.com

Terry said 4:10PM on 12-19-2008

I would recommend Pencake Christmas Ecard

http://christmas.pencake.com

It is an Ecard website where you can send a fantastic Christmas Ecard to your friends in Christmas. The ecard is so realistic that you can flip the Ecard to write your message behind.

Su, Min said 8:08PM on 12-25-2008

Best wishes for a wonderful new year.

Christmas Cards said 11:09AM on 1-12-2009

Nice to hear this and I feel lucky to be the fist person to post.

http://www.occasions365.com/holidays/christmas/christmas-cards.aspx

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