Christmas Birth Announcements

When your baby is born around Christmas (or another major holiday for that matter), you have the unique opportunity to mail out Christmas birth announcements. Baby announcement cards can be customized to your liking, and this includes having a certain theme. For babies born around the holidays, consider having a Christmas theme on your birth announcements.

A Christmas birth announcement is a baby announcement card with a Christmas theme. Typically these types of announcement cards are sent out for babies born around December 25th, but they can also be used for children born within the standard holiday season. The standard holiday season begins after Thanksgiving and continues until the New Year.

Birth announcements are usually sent out shortly after (or even up to a couple months after) the birth of your child. Common colors for this type of invitation card are red and green (naturally).

Take a look at the horizontal and vertical examples below to get an idea of what to expect for this type of birth announcement. Remember that you don't have to send out Christmas baby announcements if your child was born around the holidays. Other great options for birth announcements might be:

• boy birth announcements
• girl birth announcements
• sports birth announcements
• custom photo birth announcements
  

Should you choose to make your own Christmas birth announcements, here's a general list of items you will want to have handy:

1. glue stick
2. varied construction paper
3. tape (you might also consider using double sided tape)
   
4. pictures of your baby
5. scissors
   
6. markers

If you go this route, you could also enlist your other children or your friends to help you. It can quickly become a fun arts and crafts event!

If you're going the route of Christmas birth announcement cards, you probably don't want a generic or standard birth announcement. Chances are, you want to spice it up and make things truly one-of-a-kind. Here are some tips to help you do that:

• Add a photo to your cards. If you're making them yourself, photos pasted on with glue sticks or tape work well. Or if you're buying online, select a photo Christmas card and customize with just a few clicks.
• Use standard holiday colors such as red, green, brown and orange liberally.
• Add scent your Christmas birth announcements with a holiday scent such as orange/apple spice, cinnamon or spiced pumpkin.

One final thought- if you're considering purchasing Christmas birth announcements online, make sure that you choose an online retailer that allows you to customize your birth announcements. A solid retailer will let you customize everything from font sizes and colors to inserting your unique photos.