| With the holiday season approaching, undoubtedly you | | | | You can even type your own custom greeting, |
| will send out holiday greeting cards to everyone you | | | | quotation, or text on your postage stamps. |
| know: your family, your friends, colleagues, loved-ones, | | | | Fortunately, designing your own Christmas postage |
| and acquaintances. | | | | stamps is indeed possible, courtesy of the United |
| Soon you'll start looking to buy some Christmas | | | | States Postal Service! All you need in order to get |
| postage stamps for your greeting cards. Now here's | | | | started are: |
| an idea: Have you ever considered designing your | | | | - Internet access from a PC |
| very own Christmas postage stamps? Sure, stamps | | | | - A printer (doesn't matte if it is color or black and |
| with pictures of Santa, Rudolph, Frosty, or a Christmas | | | | white) |
| tree are nice. But what if these simply just don't reflect | | | | - A weighing scale |
| the message or the ton you wish to convey when | | | | - Printer label paper on adhesive backing |
| sending out your Christmas cards? What if there don't | | | | - A digital image (either of your own design or which |
| exist any postage stamps that truly reflect the | | | | you imported or downloaded) |
| message you are trying to convey? | | | | Once you design your stamp, you will then pay for |
| If you design your own Christmas postage stamp, you | | | | your postage online, and then print out your stamps, |
| have the freedom to design it however you choose. | | | | which you then finally affix to your envelopes or |
| You can include a photograph of people, places, or | | | | packages, and you are ready for delivery! |
| things that mean something to you or your recipients. | | | | |