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\"Hand<\/a>Do you hand-write the addresses on your Christmas cards<\/a>, or print them on mailing labels? We thought this was a rather innocuous question, until we brought it up here at Pear Tree and a heated argument ensued.<\/p>\n

To our surprise, some team members felt very strongly that using printed address labels instead of addressing Christmas cards by hand was a no-no. \u201cToo commercial. Too impersonal,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut wait,\u201d said our product designer, who is very particular about aesthetics. \u201cI don\u2019t like how my handwriting looks. It\u2019s not neat enough. I always do printed labels, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that.\u201d Others thought the time savings was worth the trade-off and didn\u2019t think twice about using labels. Hmmmm. It seems we have a difference of opinion here.<\/p>\n

Maybe you can help settle the argument. Is the convenience of printed labels worth the trade-off in personal attention? Do you think one way or another, for better or worse, about a person who sends a labeled card vs. a handwritten one? We\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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