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A holiday card planning timeline that actually holds

January 9, 2026 · 6 min read

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Work backwards from the delivery date, not forwards from the day someone remembers.

Twelve weeks out

Lock the list and the artwork. Everything downstream depends on both being final.

Four weeks out

Begin sending. International destinations should already be in the post.

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Send oneand see.

A single card costs less than lunch and settles the argument faster than any case study.