Want to Avoid the Post Office? Check Out These Top Sources for Holiday E-Cards!

If the idea of standing in line once more at the post office sets your teeth on edge, here is an idea instead of sending the old regular holiday cards that you do each year. This year, why not send holiday e-cards? There are so many to choose from and they have beautiful graphics, you are sure to find something that you like and you can even send different holiday e-cards out to each recipient - as opposed to buying just one box of holiday cards and sending those out to everyone on your holiday card list. Many holiday e-cards are animated or come with a music option, making them interactive and lots of fun for people to receive in their e-mail boxes. Holiday e-cards are quick and easy to order, you can fill them out in minutes and at many holiday e-card websites, e-cards can be ordered weeks in advance. So you can do this when it is convenient to you, as opposed to rushing to get cards into the mail the first week of December with everyone else. Just about everyone these days has an e-mail address, so you can send holiday e-cards to everyone on your holiday card list. Holiday e-cards are also environmentally friendly - they don't waste paper.

Here are some e-card websites that have a great selection of holiday e-cards. Whether you need to send holiday e-cards to friends, family, business colleagues or others in your social circle - you are sure to find a holiday e-card that suits your personality and style.

123Greetings.com www.123greetings.com
123Greetings is one of my favorite sources for e-cards. They have a great selection of Christmas e-cards. They have cards that specifically say "Merry Christmas" and also cards just for Christmas Eve. There are cards to celebrate that jolly ol' Santa Claus that we all know and love. There are cards meant to be sent to your friends and family. There is also a large selection of cards for Christmas with formal greetings, meant to be sent to your family, neighbors, colleagues, clients - just about anyone. 123Greetings has animated cards as well as one dimensional cards. They have charming cards that have a real whimsy to them and some that are more artistic in style. Whatever your taste you are bound to find a Christmas e-card at 123Greetings.

You are given the choice to select a background color, also to select a font color and a font style. You also select font size. The Christmas e-cards come with music that will play if your computer has speakers, which is a very nice touch. They also have a great feature, where you can send the same e-card to up to one hundred people at the same time. Now doesn't that beat hand addressing all of those envelopes and sticking on all of those stamps? I think so! You can also order cards to be sent on Christmas, or Christmas Eve or just about any other day that you like. The 123Greetings system gives you up to three months of time to select from when sending your Christmas e-card, or any other e-card that you would want to send.

Hipster Cards www.hipstercards.com

For holiday e-cards with a more "edgier" feel to them, give Hipster Cards a try. These fun, fresh creative cards are sure to make you - and the people that you send them to - smile. They have lots of choices for Christmas and also a selection of Hanukkah cards. Their system lets you send the same holiday e-card to up to five people at the same time. When writing your message in the card, if you don't know what to say, they even offer suggested messages. They will also let you know when the holiday e-card has been viewed.

Christmas-Greetings www.christmas-greetings.com

Christmas e-greetings offers a wide selection of Christmas e-cards that are sure to appeal to many people. There are Merry Christmas cards, Santa Claus cards, cards to send to friends, cards to celebrate the Spirit of Christmas, cards just for Christmas Eve and also Formal Greetings for the holiday. There are many selections here that you are sure to like.

When you select your e-card you are given a choice of music to go with the card. You can then listen to the music to see if you like your choice. You also have the choice to send the card to multiple recipients, up to ten people at once. You are given a window of three months time to send your card to someone, a very generous amount of time to send a card. This is a great website for Christmas e-cards.

Christianet www.christianet.com

ChristaNet offers Christmas cards with a true Christian feel. Although they have a modest selection of cards, it was important to include ChristaNet because their cards are religious and not every Christmas e-card is religious, quite a few say something that steers away from the meaning of Christmas. So if you are looking for religious cards for Christmas, visit ChristaNet.

Beliefgreetings www.beliefnetgreetings.com

Beliefnet Greetings is a wonderful site to visit for holiday greeting e-cards. They have e-cards for all of the winter holidays - Hanukkah, Yule, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hajj. They have e-cards that are religious as well as cards that are just spiritual. They have beautiful animated cards as well as one dimensional cards. For each card you can select image effects, a background and select a stamp that will go on the card. You can order cards to be sent for any time of the year - 365 days of the year. They have beautiful cards at this website, you are sure to find a card that will please you.