Crack Up At The Crandall Family Christmas Cards.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIbb5UdHNOSIXPQdyPYgRr6C9upDBuTQcv9v3qxZOmXBW5IoaJgH6OOc6O-xEMfXZoE_IsFVwn_MFRGg0qE6GkalOc8uIeg56T-ul5CapV7NgQd98DW7x6-fBrOldIypQWwQ01yiMDOyN/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553648681771693938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIbb5UdHNOSIXPQdyPYgRr6C9upDBuTQcv9v3qxZOmXBW5IoaJgH6OOc6O-xEMfXZoE_IsFVwn_MFRGg0qE6GkalOc8uIeg56T-ul5CapV7NgQd98DW7x6-fBrOldIypQWwQ01yiMDOyN/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 384px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: In 2005, the Crandall family sent out their own version of the childrens' book, Pat The Bunny</span></span><br /><br />Meet a family whose yearly Christmas Cards are way better than yours. Not only are these people better looking than your family, but they are far more clever, too. Before you scoff and think to yourself "Well, you haven't seen our family Christmas cards," I don't have to. Read the post and you'll see that I'm right.<br /><br />Court Crandall is a talented <a href="http://www.wongdoody.com/company/bio.asp?PerID=163">creative director</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216189/">screenwriter</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375924183?ie=UTF8&tag=iishish-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0375924183">author</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iishish-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0375924183" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, father and beer league hockey player and someone I worked with too many years ago to put in print.<br /><br />Each year Court, along with his equal parts stunning and smart wife Denise and their two handsome sons who don soap opera hunk names Chase and Zane, poke fun of themselves in their annual holiday cards. Nothing and no one is sacred as they mock everything from menopause to puberty to the Yankees. What a nice and welcome change from the family Christmas cards that take themselves seriously or worse, pretentiously. The fact that they come from this disgustingly good looking, trim and tanned family makes one like them even more.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEV3ypau0Q-LP3Nr6Om1eQ39_eP8MMnSZ724nuRip8kLApZazGmGZS_olb60tb-dsd-aSj8o84AoPugMFmfVsG40tAx-pRCMXUacGSkePJ2bpKXMzZPXZIN3yX375bVsIQJOJcEJc_4Rb/s1600/court+denise+wedding+photo.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553912436772579298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEV3ypau0Q-LP3Nr6Om1eQ39_eP8MMnSZ724nuRip8kLApZazGmGZS_olb60tb-dsd-aSj8o84AoPugMFmfVsG40tAx-pRCMXUacGSkePJ2bpKXMzZPXZIN3yX375bVsIQJOJcEJc_4Rb/s400/court+denise+wedding+photo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 378px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Court and Denise at their 1992 nuptials</span></span><br /><br />I wouldn't dare attempt to re-word Court's award winning prose, so I will simply reproduce his blog post here for you with the images of their family Christmas cards for the past 17 years so you can enjoy these hilarious annual greetings from the Crandall Family. Perhaps these will inspire you to move away from matching sweaters and frozen smiles in your next family Christmas card.<br /><br />The text below is taken directly from the blog <a href="http://courtcrandall.com/">Holding Court</a> and is written in the first person voice of Court Crandall:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This is probably the longest running campaign I’ve ever been a part of. It started just after my wife, Denise, and I got married in 1992. I had been in California for two years and wanted a way to punk my friends back in Boston. So, for our first Christmas together, we sent out a holiday card that showed us rollerblading our tree home. (Something we actually did by the way, because I was driving a, um, Miata. Trust me, it was super cool back then. Super.)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Loi9cXsCZAmeIfmAxk-981613_PCKCmft6qw3-b_oJhQ5VBF6JR7WxdgUErL_42whXGQVuRlLQS71iINOOIVbwiO8F9En3BGtGHAIdcajhmLIxl8l1r2o8jBKP-dlNoBQcmdLWnG6Du5/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_rollerblading-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553645067417827042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Loi9cXsCZAmeIfmAxk-981613_PCKCmft6qw3-b_oJhQ5VBF6JR7WxdgUErL_42whXGQVuRlLQS71iINOOIVbwiO8F9En3BGtGHAIdcajhmLIxl8l1r2o8jBKP-dlNoBQcmdLWnG6Du5/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_rollerblading-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 262px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As we got older, life graciously provided us with a number of props: A new house, two children, a cat, a dog and a fake nanny to name a few. Sometimes these accessories worked. Sometimes they didn’t. Sometimes they needed to use the litter box in the middle of the shoot. Regardless, there have always been plenty of stories that went along with the shooting of the annual Christmas card. Most of which involve one or both boys misbehaving, my wife getting frustrated to the point of tears and all of us riding home in silence. Typically, to some song on the car radio like “We are Family” that accentuated what a disappointment we are as a family unit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Then there’s the fulfillment process, which Denise runs like a Nike factory in rural Malaysia. Each family member gets a pile of envelopes, a stack of labels and whatever saliva you can muster to seal roughly … nine hundred thousand invitations. You see, due to the card’s increased popularity over the years, numerous people have requested to be added to the mailing list — a list that now includes family members, friends, folks I know but don’t particularly care for, complete strangers and the guy who owns the Indian restaurant down the street.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">That said, with time, our sons have come to not only endure but embrace the annual Christmas card tradition. And they’ve learned that, while humiliating, being dressed in togas, having fake pubic hair applied to their face and Hershey’s chocolate coagulating in their ears, are small prices to pay for getting attention from chicks at school a week later.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">There are 18 years of cards in all. While I like some more than others, the thing I’m most proud of, is that all four of the people who are featured throughout are healthy, we’re all still together and not a day goes by that we don’t share at least one really good laugh.</span><br /><br />2010:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsYYuQZfrafIy_twOUoPSC6NAc-G_MKWgZ0xIPNCTfsVv-iRqgX-7BerCvC9Shm7PT-3Nuly3HKAW829LFJlwH-6FTmP3_oqrcefLrzDsEvKKuswxMhAW_LyO_83W5JUPuJBBwdOrx8-u/s1600/Crandall-web-Christmas-2010.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553644722417020802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsYYuQZfrafIy_twOUoPSC6NAc-G_MKWgZ0xIPNCTfsVv-iRqgX-7BerCvC9Shm7PT-3Nuly3HKAW829LFJlwH-6FTmP3_oqrcefLrzDsEvKKuswxMhAW_LyO_83W5JUPuJBBwdOrx8-u/s400/Crandall-web-Christmas-2010.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 260px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I hope you enjoy the latest submission (shown above). I hope you have a great holiday with the folks you love most. And I hope that with time, the chocolate smell in my wife’s car will dissipate.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Previous Crandall Family Christmas Cards:</span><br /><br />2009:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAFvjs-1n6oDC6V7dJRROLYgtjYJyxE_UsQ33N5obzhINuRXJzh_KPED9x8kP1KySXHzUTSfYrTykD9dgoGfNvnPicbkSHV5er4curtgrK2ehBgCvWgoLC1sTW9vmbYhetUhhyZfuWt3C/s1600/Crandalll+nanny+2009.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553645785619921698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAFvjs-1n6oDC6V7dJRROLYgtjYJyxE_UsQ33N5obzhINuRXJzh_KPED9x8kP1KySXHzUTSfYrTykD9dgoGfNvnPicbkSHV5er4curtgrK2ehBgCvWgoLC1sTW9vmbYhetUhhyZfuWt3C/s400/Crandalll+nanny+2009.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 263px;" /></a><br />2008:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Hp_rlMC7VxgWy1mpMJ7eARQ6Pl-3SPjioJQJ2ikz_bu5qjo8mcpibt7MiZVuikeFaQxzbDnBa7FTEZl6CG-sD8LcmutTsV_XeGf88ntVLmrKWyK3OT-PyLFVQWOahH4g0qZTlYNmI_rY/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card-2008.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553645666630169186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Hp_rlMC7VxgWy1mpMJ7eARQ6Pl-3SPjioJQJ2ikz_bu5qjo8mcpibt7MiZVuikeFaQxzbDnBa7FTEZl6CG-sD8LcmutTsV_XeGf88ntVLmrKWyK3OT-PyLFVQWOahH4g0qZTlYNmI_rY/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card-2008.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 265px;" /></a><br />2007:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3t0XkeuHQjRvDsBqOEX06z_plckRpkK8H9OWHWR1oLblvWi0iez7JJYtPRRKh2BZKu3HnNmPDMjujRuZ0c_CIImbwdELvqwk4Ca9v9aQ5ZEeGlMXYu5vx1f7psX2K2Ae1AhNgDyaDdvG/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card-Puberty1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553647761230773730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3t0XkeuHQjRvDsBqOEX06z_plckRpkK8H9OWHWR1oLblvWi0iez7JJYtPRRKh2BZKu3HnNmPDMjujRuZ0c_CIImbwdELvqwk4Ca9v9aQ5ZEeGlMXYu5vx1f7psX2K2Ae1AhNgDyaDdvG/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card-Puberty1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 678px;" /></a><br />2006:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jtEirB9M2zmfQnbinp-DIiPxjJJentbOh4M5KMxIHSmSIIBnNfgzuAYK_uOU4j9SehaE9MbXXW3CHwmEzdt3uLY56i7Wgis4kzggafJMh0-UwGjbWXEIugt-wnDzb2sPRhday6YuUYEm/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Marshalls.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553647956571921298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jtEirB9M2zmfQnbinp-DIiPxjJJentbOh4M5KMxIHSmSIIBnNfgzuAYK_uOU4j9SehaE9MbXXW3CHwmEzdt3uLY56i7Wgis4kzggafJMh0-UwGjbWXEIugt-wnDzb2sPRhday6YuUYEm/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Marshalls.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 447px;" /></a><br />2005:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIbb5UdHNOSIXPQdyPYgRr6C9upDBuTQcv9v3qxZOmXBW5IoaJgH6OOc6O-xEMfXZoE_IsFVwn_MFRGg0qE6GkalOc8uIeg56T-ul5CapV7NgQd98DW7x6-fBrOldIypQWwQ01yiMDOyN/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553648681771693938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIbb5UdHNOSIXPQdyPYgRr6C9upDBuTQcv9v3qxZOmXBW5IoaJgH6OOc6O-xEMfXZoE_IsFVwn_MFRGg0qE6GkalOc8uIeg56T-ul5CapV7NgQd98DW7x6-fBrOldIypQWwQ01yiMDOyN/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 384px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcZQIoG02uvKVTpd3pnf3XOl4Xx3UuAk7UvEto_jWC20d5D9pdU-W4kbxNnMY4xt5LZw7YaYeaIO_gaCMKaD3umd5HBvgGJIs8wcR_yhsjODGdZdx3lK_07oPIsjV8ekbEBYwXqME3tbc/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg_-2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553648607433389154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcZQIoG02uvKVTpd3pnf3XOl4Xx3UuAk7UvEto_jWC20d5D9pdU-W4kbxNnMY4xt5LZw7YaYeaIO_gaCMKaD3umd5HBvgGJIs8wcR_yhsjODGdZdx3lK_07oPIsjV8ekbEBYwXqME3tbc/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg_-2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 414px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOVktcFudOYzlicpiUo20LnfKtt3i_JgmiI9z-D1FNZ10T6Gb4dfoesuPP2nhqumZ3nhgFgiI2l4VwE262mlxw3dsOf4-FCLH165gvdesuTZBelFi88tbqb_hghRTw_JeWUPWyeaGAQ7z/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg.-3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553648526155261858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOVktcFudOYzlicpiUo20LnfKtt3i_JgmiI9z-D1FNZ10T6Gb4dfoesuPP2nhqumZ3nhgFgiI2l4VwE262mlxw3dsOf4-FCLH165gvdesuTZBelFi88tbqb_hghRTw_JeWUPWyeaGAQ7z/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg.-3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0ZG_9LXcLlHicfANpRfK-Sh_B8e_ie7P4iRk5188BaPFdVDM_balMPF3cSXoblTjJzexmly8Z50SDzo-KWtWAPiOQXs2MnM-UcFu4EXJOBO4T_N8GO32z8kOzNC8PIgpcGmalC6qzpAo/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg.-4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553648415104461506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0ZG_9LXcLlHicfANpRfK-Sh_B8e_ie7P4iRk5188BaPFdVDM_balMPF3cSXoblTjJzexmly8Z50SDzo-KWtWAPiOQXs2MnM-UcFu4EXJOBO4T_N8GO32z8kOzNC8PIgpcGmalC6qzpAo/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg.-4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 403px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4t0luVTClhzULJypHiwp5RcHd6b1-CAaqU5JMdgFGhsPa4JYS02RZDegdfMS2RQNpwBPiGKG4g-pKWletMUsXxDCSEk9z-9BBnWRvjSyMO5Wo3-HKWA2WnZUxT6xGmo89-s9fvC3dG-ks/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg.-5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553648326242618482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4t0luVTClhzULJypHiwp5RcHd6b1-CAaqU5JMdgFGhsPa4JYS02RZDegdfMS2RQNpwBPiGKG4g-pKWletMUsXxDCSEk9z-9BBnWRvjSyMO5Wo3-HKWA2WnZUxT6xGmo89-s9fvC3dG-ks/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Pat-the-Crandalls-pg.-5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 413px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXWrQmfx933HT8VKizOQCjjwGQv2BkoHbMjlr3L8jRhthb4ovvuTlCoLeUhcTfcBey73WHfgtS1iONvowJkzsF2oaZGJh3Ll29MZfa2g3dhxCyIAD3h1XpcggbYs5PNqWCHGU-sHOpvYU/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_-Pat-the-Crandalls-pg.6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553648217081949714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXWrQmfx933HT8VKizOQCjjwGQv2BkoHbMjlr3L8jRhthb4ovvuTlCoLeUhcTfcBey73WHfgtS1iONvowJkzsF2oaZGJh3Ll29MZfa2g3dhxCyIAD3h1XpcggbYs5PNqWCHGU-sHOpvYU/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_-Pat-the-Crandalls-pg.6.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 406px;" /></a><br />2004:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9XZjisOPSBveZqFOWhsjcNzhSOWDxm0ZwxsduV7HCf4DQL8MiTPnqoWh3zqbIJNx7hq4HknmwpdCHKhktGoCl9eqPrLAnoM9rwfSV3854redC5BYt6fr4dFKa38Rx85YaBn0KAUSja3m/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Yankees-suck.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553649539044641458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9XZjisOPSBveZqFOWhsjcNzhSOWDxm0ZwxsduV7HCf4DQL8MiTPnqoWh3zqbIJNx7hq4HknmwpdCHKhktGoCl9eqPrLAnoM9rwfSV3854redC5BYt6fr4dFKa38Rx85YaBn0KAUSja3m/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Yankees-suck.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 627px;" /></a><br />2003:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvl95rXaQsyITr4EOJoEcqKZXUV7SnQVf2EKYr0NNybhOk5hi-CC_JXJeGOSP23Dhdl6mQRsp8aHFuGKRbYp00VmEG6gz5UhnkhAVn3OW3_MZg5aQYdtisV3U2r-YS02ZHC8FpKYmtHgyC/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Kahlua.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553649982972691826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvl95rXaQsyITr4EOJoEcqKZXUV7SnQVf2EKYr0NNybhOk5hi-CC_JXJeGOSP23Dhdl6mQRsp8aHFuGKRbYp00VmEG6gz5UhnkhAVn3OW3_MZg5aQYdtisV3U2r-YS02ZHC8FpKYmtHgyC/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Kahlua.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 266px;" /></a><br />2002:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0IJrKm2XrPEDP4TyYeq9B8pZEW9ieOn8mB1SbUVJ8XI3utMF5I3YzLr9Lj97JXClYPtdkgDo2bdUj_csCXiL2qn2GaCpmV942rOfIsh7-eJJFrSJsTxL_HuMPyXWqsHFe-OQzs23nWH4/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_bathtub.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553650694511763810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0IJrKm2XrPEDP4TyYeq9B8pZEW9ieOn8mB1SbUVJ8XI3utMF5I3YzLr9Lj97JXClYPtdkgDo2bdUj_csCXiL2qn2GaCpmV942rOfIsh7-eJJFrSJsTxL_HuMPyXWqsHFe-OQzs23nWH4/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_bathtub.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 265px;" /></a><br />2001:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfRQ2w5FvOV7bNP6JOxExWKTe4XF-rooUAFZfU06gCvBfMif_Zki_E746J55-zVVgB-hrZio1uyS6i_aMfHGwDgXiUPvA1G_e5fKQ6bmpZTJ62Bxk6_PjPWJjVAbCtqvWNaJLxvu2xlRn/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_reinforcements.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553652322181523474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfRQ2w5FvOV7bNP6JOxExWKTe4XF-rooUAFZfU06gCvBfMif_Zki_E746J55-zVVgB-hrZio1uyS6i_aMfHGwDgXiUPvA1G_e5fKQ6bmpZTJ62Bxk6_PjPWJjVAbCtqvWNaJLxvu2xlRn/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_reinforcements.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 259px;" /></a><br />2000:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pNb_13SJlKSw64aAyNJQpAwCNgFIBIGDDEKljBnRlCy2Ns4ooDCNnx4sKbVPJ6cNrwddyfVgGBXXqzsRKXyTulUgbETbHbMACwFlC01fdml3Y5rB-upQ60PdibKfJ4y33No8vjUd7Z2n/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Santa-crying.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553652837341039298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pNb_13SJlKSw64aAyNJQpAwCNgFIBIGDDEKljBnRlCy2Ns4ooDCNnx4sKbVPJ6cNrwddyfVgGBXXqzsRKXyTulUgbETbHbMACwFlC01fdml3Y5rB-upQ60PdibKfJ4y33No8vjUd7Z2n/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Santa-crying.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 255px;" /></a><br />1999:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPJO4weNDEuzotLXmeGaFNmgso_1aaFjVR0p6XSfnr6i4efOL8ty0d5Ap0geS2gdlenJjTAPCmTEuTT-i61YEm2HyRrtfGTIrkkfi2RpI66KCTmjpwNNZhYmH_gCQBGkdZABT9Aqcv4aY/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_burnt-dinner.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553653836984245282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPJO4weNDEuzotLXmeGaFNmgso_1aaFjVR0p6XSfnr6i4efOL8ty0d5Ap0geS2gdlenJjTAPCmTEuTT-i61YEm2HyRrtfGTIrkkfi2RpI66KCTmjpwNNZhYmH_gCQBGkdZABT9Aqcv4aY/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_burnt-dinner.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 245px;" /></a><br />1998:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3TBozEKaxzAr9kfY5jwHF-YtmYhlO0EvINgRbO-OwIJrSxYq4nhqAJXNL2ujP9q51UMelYfUcNTauxeFiKXpQqlpi2gF6Ymz3ZrrzH42J9VzystoPF4e3dSQZvdWdNTD5H96Jhiuvqje/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_El-Nino.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553654085833321778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3TBozEKaxzAr9kfY5jwHF-YtmYhlO0EvINgRbO-OwIJrSxYq4nhqAJXNL2ujP9q51UMelYfUcNTauxeFiKXpQqlpi2gF6Ymz3ZrrzH42J9VzystoPF4e3dSQZvdWdNTD5H96Jhiuvqje/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_El-Nino.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 240px;" /></a><br />1997:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jgnQWAI9PSG5K6fEE1JJQtAkXTLhYA7ePL2NCV3IQfT_yOsw3VoNcUfNYuc_t_dMy28x_rO0VDPIPnlf7A9yek979WCc-p52CW5BPSkDKtbIs9-MvdrfRF-4eaeDzqLF9h9KknMM4WTt/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_hockey.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553654401458477986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jgnQWAI9PSG5K6fEE1JJQtAkXTLhYA7ePL2NCV3IQfT_yOsw3VoNcUfNYuc_t_dMy28x_rO0VDPIPnlf7A9yek979WCc-p52CW5BPSkDKtbIs9-MvdrfRF-4eaeDzqLF9h9KknMM4WTt/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_hockey.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 575px;" /></a><br />1996:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2rjZGTPA987frZTX-EH5xsVG_1rdFNIJF6UivOHoCLH5mWH_HTMlpftGUJEeDxEYgb9ib7tEm1k1xQuBU_4_STfrY6NqXp89obudsm1otMEonXcJceybUbDHjy8sYqVateq4uGbOlubz/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Cereal.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553654600388405458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2rjZGTPA987frZTX-EH5xsVG_1rdFNIJF6UivOHoCLH5mWH_HTMlpftGUJEeDxEYgb9ib7tEm1k1xQuBU_4_STfrY6NqXp89obudsm1otMEonXcJceybUbDHjy8sYqVateq4uGbOlubz/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_Cereal.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 518px; height: 269px;" /></a><br />1995:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFjuu9dy8o34YWv9DIplZoGzYk1wf1GHGl1J0Q8mMU53PKbc1c_yNkDRFYMA_KrAeikC4Pya2AMpTTk9pAqPPU05dyDH7maduvhEpikMVq-kMEI_S68XbspGJPDNMyQwcnlHY2AGmkESK/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_pregnant-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553654930157599890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFjuu9dy8o34YWv9DIplZoGzYk1wf1GHGl1J0Q8mMU53PKbc1c_yNkDRFYMA_KrAeikC4Pya2AMpTTk9pAqPPU05dyDH7maduvhEpikMVq-kMEI_S68XbspGJPDNMyQwcnlHY2AGmkESK/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_pregnant-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 275px;" /></a><br />1994:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0lO5O573s5ccLU-Hh6YZuwNiI87NagxANsYJSgDzUD4KT7woYjy3dd9aphbR9whVILXqjMhVWD2O-51kH93tgUw9GhTFf1259MbkuftBA1CM4CGyRIeEpwu8SPxxkCCCEUknx4XAFxmP/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_jacuzzi-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553655130810906210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0lO5O573s5ccLU-Hh6YZuwNiI87NagxANsYJSgDzUD4KT7woYjy3dd9aphbR9whVILXqjMhVWD2O-51kH93tgUw9GhTFf1259MbkuftBA1CM4CGyRIeEpwu8SPxxkCCCEUknx4XAFxmP/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_jacuzzi-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 263px;" /></a><br />1993:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Loi9cXsCZAmeIfmAxk-981613_PCKCmft6qw3-b_oJhQ5VBF6JR7WxdgUErL_42whXGQVuRlLQS71iINOOIVbwiO8F9En3BGtGHAIdcajhmLIxl8l1r2o8jBKP-dlNoBQcmdLWnG6Du5/s1600/Crandall-Christmas-Card_rollerblading-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553645067417827042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Loi9cXsCZAmeIfmAxk-981613_PCKCmft6qw3-b_oJhQ5VBF6JR7WxdgUErL_42whXGQVuRlLQS71iINOOIVbwiO8F9En3BGtGHAIdcajhmLIxl8l1r2o8jBKP-dlNoBQcmdLWnG6Du5/s400/Crandall-Christmas-Card_rollerblading-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 262px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >all images reproduced with permission from the Crandall Family</span><br /><br />I look forward to their cards to come and I bet you do now, too.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!

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Pantone Christmas Wrapping Paper, Gift Bags, Gift Tags and Cards For The Designer

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMQaqgUJGLmcgIsPq7WKnIfq7EE34lxSIQlYXGpg0mHXN-bkyAxd6s9_lekC2f-y129V8Clarzy6NIEvcuqlwfcgcay6_ZoMx6hBut7x8mHKTpc_oxjYbVKdSJpZXrBSs9QxAxKwLLZoW/s1600/Pantone+Xmas+hero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551508246713955762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMQaqgUJGLmcgIsPq7WKnIfq7EE34lxSIQlYXGpg0mHXN-bkyAxd6s9_lekC2f-y129V8Clarzy6NIEvcuqlwfcgcay6_ZoMx6hBut7x8mHKTpc_oxjYbVKdSJpZXrBSs9QxAxKwLLZoW/s400/Pantone+Xmas+hero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 526px;" /></a><br /><br />Last year I introduced you to <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/12/pantone-inspired-christmas-posters.html">Christmas Pantone posters and greeting cards. </a><br /><br />This year, more and new Pantone related products are out for the holidays. Pantone Christmas cards, Pantone gift bags, Pantone gift tags and Pantone wrapping paper will make any designer or artist turn red 032c with excitement.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pantone Christmas Cards (individual or boxed set)</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk6rQEVLiNBuADa2l3SZhLKjADV5EPmSbpOeoZqvLcIb823pFp3MjN-ndtRj64KDH8Q8yOfOv7u7ODvRX62EQ0_iGJdeWE3uuR-GNro6XqsSvdLKYu9EgNcXKDMR0zbv52xE81ccKY_rD/s1600/Picture+3.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551496102831832098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk6rQEVLiNBuADa2l3SZhLKjADV5EPmSbpOeoZqvLcIb823pFp3MjN-ndtRj64KDH8Q8yOfOv7u7ODvRX62EQ0_iGJdeWE3uuR-GNro6XqsSvdLKYu9EgNcXKDMR0zbv52xE81ccKY_rD/s400/Picture+3.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 480px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdnbPwUh9rV4S9u89OZZ2eYxEiXgp6qdb0TiVmJ0cSwmNnYjDulFDFUBgN2__8lOQADipbP_yXUt44EZWAF_amXTjE3RsXDwa0Fbo3lL-3DOrRmWy4_vQPZhYax9C4z3mcYGWjsJDDrlA/s1600/pantone+boxed+xmas+cards.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551496860322014258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdnbPwUh9rV4S9u89OZZ2eYxEiXgp6qdb0TiVmJ0cSwmNnYjDulFDFUBgN2__8lOQADipbP_yXUt44EZWAF_amXTjE3RsXDwa0Fbo3lL-3DOrRmWy4_vQPZhYax9C4z3mcYGWjsJDDrlA/s400/pantone+boxed+xmas+cards.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 517px; height: 518px;" /></a><br /><br />A Pack of 8 Pantone Universe Christmas cards - 2 of each card in four colours, Gold, Silver, Red and Green.<br />Eight cards // Four Colours // Eight Envelopes<br />Individual Card measures W 12 x H 17 cm<br /><a href="http://www.colloco.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=pantone-xmas-card-set">buy them here</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pantone Gift Bags</span></span><br /><br />Small Pantone Silver Snowflake Gift bag and tag:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9q6T2YbS1LBPJ3cdTPoxNvluQUMXCn8uDUmzBSaT-vxX4IAzU6GE2-RaYrRg7JP54-xRgXn5tXVg1QS1W0E642pPw2-uEeMecI78hhY5NzftS8Pu3v1BR8mz6Vqpi74qJhUmcrVgPzUn/s1600/silver+gift+bag+and+tag.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551503370905968258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9q6T2YbS1LBPJ3cdTPoxNvluQUMXCn8uDUmzBSaT-vxX4IAzU6GE2-RaYrRg7JP54-xRgXn5tXVg1QS1W0E642pPw2-uEeMecI78hhY5NzftS8Pu3v1BR8mz6Vqpi74qJhUmcrVgPzUn/s400/silver+gift+bag+and+tag.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 516px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.colloco.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=pantone-small-gift-bag">buy it here</a><br /><br />Medium Gold Pantone Snowflake gift bag and tag.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZSmeRUJHBmKW-qx36Ex6rh9KfyF1Prl48i3qxkl6UhhuCiUWMZMC2z4Clbjyn9KgUSItZfoeA1se__CDa2e48mHJwyioN34lpmLSzkn47Up0qgzNHOp5R4CJSe7i4Af5r-5JmyVVNBtq/s1600/pantone-gift-bag-gold.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551503295390120242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZSmeRUJHBmKW-qx36Ex6rh9KfyF1Prl48i3qxkl6UhhuCiUWMZMC2z4Clbjyn9KgUSItZfoeA1se__CDa2e48mHJwyioN34lpmLSzkn47Up0qgzNHOp5R4CJSe7i4Af5r-5JmyVVNBtq/s400/pantone-gift-bag-gold.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 526px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.colloco.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=pantone-medium-gift-bag">Buy it here.</a><br /><br />Pantone Gift Bags in Red Snowflake (large), Solid Red (large) Green (medium) and Blue (small):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LH3gVVvH4_MwYR_jN2letJe4yx8VMOnXhy8wo08mEVUHnUn4QIvaj4A-4DdFLB8JgbNBLaDbyNAlFl30d1AD-bWjA0u2RGnA5mCc5VABIDkfyAsfYsjV9OoZgnAiAOffamCM0HOgK5Z8/s1600/Picture+13.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551505345263128850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LH3gVVvH4_MwYR_jN2letJe4yx8VMOnXhy8wo08mEVUHnUn4QIvaj4A-4DdFLB8JgbNBLaDbyNAlFl30d1AD-bWjA0u2RGnA5mCc5VABIDkfyAsfYsjV9OoZgnAiAOffamCM0HOgK5Z8/s400/Picture+13.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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Pantone Christmas Wrapping Paper, Gift Bags, Gift Tags and Cards For The Designer

Last year I introduced you to Christmas Pantone posters and greeting cards. This year, more and new Pantone related products are out for the...

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Space Loteria (Star Wars Mexican Bingo) By Chepo Pena Is Now Ready for Purchase!

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpYLpr9C65jHgHyLZhgdbTJ_ho4irU5a8RQ9D2PWBqAYgB6ZABuiXWJtclfD78PnzHcetMKETH45QZPTJnC0Q4l_A9Xwc_Pw0y3CLGfm-2vZiemfAWzIgl6msxPEGiYqNUx7zK8Xr-dNe/s1600/Space-Loteria-Hero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548496205334276434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpYLpr9C65jHgHyLZhgdbTJ_ho4irU5a8RQ9D2PWBqAYgB6ZABuiXWJtclfD78PnzHcetMKETH45QZPTJnC0Q4l_A9Xwc_Pw0y3CLGfm-2vZiemfAWzIgl6msxPEGiYqNUx7zK8Xr-dNe/s400/Space-Loteria-Hero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 527px;" /></a><br /><br />Back in May I introduced you to Chepo Peña's fabulous <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/05/star-wars-mexican-loteria-cards-space.html">Space Loteria</a>, an originally illustrated sci-fi take on the traditional Mexican Bingo game that uses Star Wars characters and references in place of the traditional icons, like the example below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYkbhusXqiMqzBEBQzhixQPIfKx7l1fUy9dYV8UU20JSkxT13cmYPr1Qz9qcNsN0mGoIndBn0HjZoe0mm1T-2erZQ_zb2YPvMK0fL5c_DPJSaGUayWlppZg6k_5xBuBLhNrmUOhk5lmtd/s1600/Picture+34.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548498147845104898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYkbhusXqiMqzBEBQzhixQPIfKx7l1fUy9dYV8UU20JSkxT13cmYPr1Qz9qcNsN0mGoIndBn0HjZoe0mm1T-2erZQ_zb2YPvMK0fL5c_DPJSaGUayWlppZg6k_5xBuBLhNrmUOhk5lmtd/s400/Picture+34.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 392px;" /></a><br /><br />Well, just in time for the holidays, Chepo has finally finished the deck and turned it into a full fledged bingo game you can purchase. 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width: 182px; height: 272px;" /></a><br /><br />You can also purchase each one of the 54 cards shown above as an individual 8.5" x 11" print (or a complete set) <a href="http://chepo.net/gobble/prints.html">here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chepo Peña's Space Loteria Bingo Game Set $45</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjTKoSmtz0zujfp7dGkJAK4k53AX-QwcmTA-y7T4-eN5nUp46cgDMnlQcdowPHc2lTra5Q7WzKAU4yNN8nH8aWNMLVt6kpAwsG2nEQKD3nPSPfvN49edTdoZo1E91GWaTHSJB3Hujw3sr/s1600/newgame+Star+Wars+Loteria.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548487523330733218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjTKoSmtz0zujfp7dGkJAK4k53AX-QwcmTA-y7T4-eN5nUp46cgDMnlQcdowPHc2lTra5Q7WzKAU4yNN8nH8aWNMLVt6kpAwsG2nEQKD3nPSPfvN49edTdoZo1E91GWaTHSJB3Hujw3sr/s400/newgame+Star+Wars+Loteria.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 341px; height: 418px;" /></a><br /><br />* 10 TABLAS (GAME BOARDS)<br />* 54 CARDS<br />* BAG OF DRIED PINTO BEANS<br />* RULE SHEET<br />* SHEET WITH ORIGINAL CARD IMAGES<br />* COMES IN A WOODEN BOX<br />* SIGNED<br />* SHIPPING is $5<br /><a href="http://www.chepo.net/gobble/game.html"><br />Buy it here</a>

Space Loteria (Star Wars Mexican Bingo) By Chepo Pena Is Now Ready for Purchase!

Back in May I introduced you to Chepo Peña's fabulous Space Loteria , an originally illustrated sci-fi take on the traditional Mexican B...

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