Any great local Christmas cards?
Posted By Mike Orren in Square Pegs on December 20, 2007
I'm not generally a big Christmas card guy -- our new office manager, Eron, was just giving me a hard time because our bulletin board of Christmas cards is full, but of cards from last year.
What can I say-- I have too much clutter following me about anyway, so except for cards from close friends, most go straight to the wastebasket.
I have gotten one card this year that turned my head, though: Hermes Sargent Bates takes a whimsical look at the holiday work they're doing for some of their clients.
Here's my favorite:

You can see the whole card here. What I like about the card is that it's funny, holiday related and germane to their business. It doesn't make me roll my eyes like the typical generic holiday greeting card with the signatures of a bunch of people I've never heard of alongside the one that I actually know.
Have you gotten a Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice card from a local business or organization that turned your head?
If so, link to an image of it in the comments below or post it to our Flickr group.
(Disclaimer: Anthony Lowenburg of HSB is one of the Law Reviewers and that firm has done a small piece of work for me, but my enjoyment of the card is not in the least related to that.)

Mike Orren, says:
Got one more card on the way from a PR company. In the meantime, I'd be remiss not to mention Elf Yourself, the brilliant promotion by Office Max that has surpassed the New York Times in traffic this holiday season.
Here's the rendition from clan OrWell:
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=146014...
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mmckee, says:
Here's the card Mike was mentiong from a PR firm...
For a good laugh check out this holiday animation for Armstrong Ceilings. It was created by local Dallas PR firm, Vollmer Public Relations.
http://www.armstrong.com/hiberelimina...
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dadavark, says:
Here's a link to a good animated holiday greeting from Dallas ad agency Launch: www.launchagency.com/holiday2007/holi...
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dadavark, says:
Then, there's local comedian Al Fike playing Christmas tunes on a hand saw: http://alfike.com/improv/xmassaw.htm
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