Sending out holiday cards to your friends and extended family is not just a Christmas event anymore. You can send completely secular cards, as well as cards that are for other holiday events like Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Eid ul-Fitr, among others. Either way, many people choose to send out these holiday blessings and good wishes with a picture of their family to commemorate the growth of kids or birth of children.
Parents have several different options for their holiday cards. You can go with a more formalized portrait taken by a professional photographer, posed pictures of just your kids, or silly pictures that go with funny cards with puns or themes. Once you choose the method you want to use, you should plan to take this picture as soon as possible. This way, you can avoid having a hectic week before Christmas involving picture-taking, choosing, editing, inserting into cards, addressing envelopes, and mailing them all out, among all of your other holiday duties.
Should you chose a nonreligious card, formalized portraits or pictures that do not include props can keep the picture secular. You may want to use a photo from a summer vacation, with everyone at the beach. If you want to be more seasonal, you can include a picture of your family standing in fallen leaves or on a ski slope. Should you want to include Christmas without the religious aspect, you can use props like Christmas lights, reindeer antlers, or Santa hats.
If you want a Christian-themed card, here are some ideas. First, you can utilize the nativity scene. If there are enough members of your family, you can reenact this scene. If you have a new baby, he or she can pretend to be Jesus. Your three little boys can be wise men. Also, wording is very important for a Christian Christmas card. You can wish God’s blessings upon someone, or reference Bible verses that talk about the birth of Jesus.
Kwanzaa is a holiday celebrating African traditions and heritage. Because of this, you may want to choose cards that reflect these traditions. You can dress in brightly-colored African cloth and hold fresh fruit. If you want, you can even dress your kids in fruit costumes. Additionally, Kwanzaa includes the lighting of candles, which you can use as a prop in your photo.
Hanukkah, too, utilizes a candle set called a menorah. This is a good prop for photos, as well as dreidels and stars of David. As a dark blue is a traditional color of Hanukkah, you can choose to have your family all dress in this color before taking a portrait. Like Christian holiday cards, you can wish blessings on your friends and family with the cards.
Lastly, Eid ul-Fitr is the Muslim holiday that represents the end of Ramadan. It is a time of thanksgiving with friends and family. People may choose to distribute Eid cards conferring celebration on their friends and family that include the crescent moon and star. Additionally, like Hanukkah, Islamic culture has typically been associated with the color green. Thus, if you choose to take family portraits for an Eid card, you may want to dress in green.
No matter what holiday card you choose to send, family pictures are wonderful ways to remember your happy holiday memories. Whether funny or a more formal portrait, these photos can also make great gifts for grandparents and other important family figures. If you want to do more than just put a printed picture in a frame, look no further than turning your picture into a canvas work of art. For more information, check out YourCanvasPhotos today.
BY GAHZLY GAHZLY
