Xmas Cards

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I used to hate the abbreviation Xmas, but this year I've decided it's time to get the Christ out of Christmas! So Xmas it is.

I figured, in the spirit of the season, I'd put up some Christmas cards I sent out in years past. I thought I did more, but when I went looking, I found I only made my own cards for three years before giving up. I realized I didn't actually like any of the people I sent cards to each year and I was tired of lavishing attention on them. These days my wife sends photos of our kids, and we receive hundreds of photos of other people's kids, a custom I understand not at all, because other people's kids are all butt-ugly and I don't want to look at them. And my kids are butt-ugly, too, so I see no reason to inflict them on others.

Anyway, here are the cards I sent out from 1996 through 1998. Three whole years for your enjoyment. [Edit: Make that four. I found an image of the first one I made, in 1995.]

Chris Rywalt, Xmas Card 1995, digital file

Chris Rywalt, Xmas Card 1996, digital file

Chris Rywalt, Xmas Card 1997, digital file

Chris Rywalt, Xmas Card 1998, digital file

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These are very cool Chris. You should keep doing them! And just enclose a picture of your butt ugly kids inside, if you really want to show them off.

Geez, now you could sit down for a day and design cards for the next 15 or 20 years, print them and everything.

The fact that it's so easy is why I don't bother. Who cares?

More seriously, the problem is inspiration. The really hard part is coming up with the design.

Oh, I just remembered: I definitely did at least one more card but I couldn't find an image for it. It was based on M.C. Escher's Hand with Reflecting Sphere, only it was Santa.

See, there are only so many of these one can come up with. What's next, H.R. Giger?

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