A card from Fair Play by Eve Rodsky
Holiday Cards
Get ready to turn the already chaotic holidays into a job filled with a spreadsheet of personal contacts (did they move?), address labels, and the inevitable returned cards that haunt you until next year. The amount of time—even if you go digital with an e-card—is colossal. Not to mention the nearly impossible feat of taking a family picture with everyone looking in the same direction and smiling! But think about it: It’s the one time a year Cousin Susie sees a picture of your growing family. In other words, holiday cards can be a meaningful touch point that makes all the CPE well worth it.
Holding this card means owning all three
Conception
You want to send holiday cards
Planning
- Obtaining appropriate photo from “Memories & Photos” cardholder
- Creating address list and updating addresses if needed
Execution
- Purchasing birthday cards and presents (having children/partner sign)
- Wrapping presents
- Printing labels or addressing envelopes
- Purchasing stamps (or ask “Mail” cardholder to provide)
- Applying labels/stamps
- Mailing cards
Suggested Minimum Standard of Care
Did the cards arrive in the desired mailboxes at the appropriate time?
A starting point. You and your partner agree the real standard together, and the holder meets it without reminders.
Holding it well
- The holder owns all of it: noticing, planning and doing. No “just tell me what to do.”
- Agree the Minimum Standard of Care together, then let the holder meet it their way.
- Not working? Bring it to the weekly check-in and re-deal it. Don’t take it back mid-week.
Put this card on your table
Deal it, agree its standard, and see who holds what. Free.