Swistle has created a Christmas Card Scoring System that is so much fun that I'm adopting it for myself.
(And it also inspired me to post for the first time in over a month. Go Swistle!)
Here it is…
- Card received: +5
- Card received before December 1st: -1
- Card received after December 25th: -1
- Card is pretty, and looks nice on wall: +3
- Card is glittery: +1
- Card does not contain card, but only letter, so there is nothing to put up on wall: -3
- Card is e-card: -5
- Card includes photo or is photo card: +5
- More than one photo: +2 each additional photo
- Photo is non-Christmassy so will look good on fridge all year: +1
- Photo is Christmassy so increases holiday feeling of card: +1
- Red-eye causes family to appear possessed by evil Christmas spirit: -1
- Photo was taken on beach this past summer in summer clothing, so family looks chilly against winter pattern of card: -1
- Photo includes dogs with glowing eyes who seem poised to eat humans: -1
- Card includes letter: +5
- Letter is informative and interesting: +3
- Letter describes child as "amazing" or "already an avid reader at age 3!": -3 each
- Letter is so braggy and saccharine-cheery, I wonder why I associate with these people: -3
- Letter is so very braggy and saccharine-cheery, it crosses over into comical and becomes fun to read aloud in an unkind tone of voice: +2
- Letter is a sermon disguised as a Christmas letter, and contains pious hopes for our country, for mankind, and for me personally: -5
- Letter mentions details of gross surgery: -1 or +1, depending on entertainment value
- Letter contains thinly-veiled family gossip: +3
- Letter contains information that should have been told earlier: -2
- Card includes check: +5
- Large check: +10
- Card includes announcement of pregnancy: +10
- Card from Christmas Card Friends contains surprising news of baby born since last card sent: +10
I'm off to score the 5 cards we've received so far this year. (We send 100 every year.)