Sending Cards?
Etiquette Is
Very Important
One of the most enjoyable
things about the Christmas sea
son is contacting friends and
relatives with Christmas cards.
These tips on “etiquette'' and
Christmas card mailing, will
help make it easier on you,
and even more of a pleasure
for those on the receiving end
of the line. '
1. When your name is not’
imprinted or engraved, always
sign your complete name. I,t is
proper for husband-and.-wife
bards to be signed “Jane and
John Doe.” or “Mr. and.Mrsi.
John Doe,” or “The J 'o h n
Does.” It is also correct to add
a “and family” to your signa
ture.
2. When the whole family is
listed on the card, father’s
name comes first, followed by
mother’s and then the children
according to age.
) 3. Address a card to both
husband and wife, even if you
know only one of them. The
exception to this rule is a semi-.
business card that may be sent
-to one or the other at his or
her office.
i 4. Address envelopes by
hand, never by typewriter, and
always include a return ad-,
dress. In New York City alone
every year six million Christ
mas cards pour into the Dead j
Letter Office at the main post
office.
5. It’s both proper and
thoughtful to send Christmas
cards to people in mourning. It
is a matter of courtesy and
good taste to use the form of I
name preferred by widows. The '
same is true of divorcees.
6. When sending cards to the
Clergy, always write “The Rev
erend Doe,” instead of simply
“Reverend Doe.” However, the
correct form for Protestant
ministers with a doctor of di
vinity degree is “The Rever
end Dr. Doe” or “The Reverend
Doe, D.D.” Initials of a spe
cial order or rank should be
added to the names of Catholic
priests who are also addressed
as "The Reverend Doe.”
More than 3 billion Christ
mas cards will be mailed this
season, according to the Rust
Craft greeting card company.
You can provide a great ser
vice to the post office by re
membering to: mail early,
write addresses plainly; use
zone, apartment, rural route
v and box numbers; include re
turn address; and tie all cards
for local distribution with ad
dresses face up and the same
with all cards for ‘out-of-town’
and ‘out-of-state.’
How To Rain
The Holidays
Nothing can ruin your car,
your peace of mind, Christmas,
and family relationships like a
good, hard rear-end collision.
To accomplish all these things
at once, just make a habit of
tailgating.
The Cooperative Extension
Service of the University of
Alaska suggests avoiding these
unpleasant situations by apply
ing a little common sense to
your driving habits. \
Like, for example, slow down
when your windshield is frost
ed and it’s dark and you can’t
see.
Also, if you allow about 3
times as much distancfe be
tween you and the fellow
ahead, you’ll be about right. If
the guy in front stops sudden
ly (having hit a truck) you
will still have time to stop,
even on the ice, without the
aid of a truck.
There are several good reas
ons why you should not run in
to things with your car. Like,
you probably wouldn’t like it in
jail, or in the hospital. But
here is one you may not have
considered. Perhaps it will mo
tivate you to be a careful dri
ver: Think about the poor
grave digger. Would you want
him to have to pickaxe a hole
for you in that frozen ground—
perhaps even on Christmas
Day?
Berries Brighten
Package Sorting
The bright red berries of the
Christmasberry, an evergreen
shrub native to California, are
widely used as Christmas dee-1
orations.
This shrub, with its thick, |
dark green leaves, can grow toj
a height , of 15 feet, the Ency
clopedia Americana says.
Its flowers are white, its ber
ries yellow or bright red. The I
Christmasberry is often known
as the toyon.
CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS.. /
This is th
for recallit
e season for recalling warm
memories of our childhood Christmases, of all
the happy Holiday times of the past, and of
friendships such as weve shared with you!
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