| As the holiday season approaches this year, you will | | | | greeting, quotation, or other text on your postage |
| no doubt be sending out holiday greeting cards to your | | | | stamps. |
| friends, family, loved ones, and colleagues. | | | | Well, the freedom to design your own Christmas |
| No doubt, you will also be shopping around for | | | | postage stamps is indeed possible, thanks to the |
| Christmas postage stamps. But have you ever thought | | | | United States Postal Service! All you need are: |
| about designing your own Christmas postage stamps, | | | | - A computer with Internet access |
| to reflect your personality, and your own personal | | | | - A printer (color is preferable but black and white can |
| touch? Perhaps Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed | | | | work just as well) |
| Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, or a Christmas tree | | | | - A metered weighing scale |
| just don't reflect the message you wish to convey | | | | - Adhesive printer label paper |
| when you send out your holiday greeting cards. | | | | Whether you take a picture with a digital camera, you |
| Perhaps there aren't any postage stamps that really | | | | download pictures off of the Internet, scan them into |
| reflect the message you want to convey. | | | | your computer, or design them yourself using any |
| Perhaps you want to include a photograph of people, | | | | graphic designing software, you can create your own |
| places, or things that mean something to you or to the | | | | custom stamp designs, pay for your postage online, |
| people you are sending your greeting cards to. | | | | and print out your stamps, which you can then affix to |
| Perhaps you want to include your own custom | | | | your envelopes or packages. |