All 6 of mine are finished! I love, love, love them.
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I was reading through the questionnaire again and stumbled across these options:
How do I sign up for all if I donāt know how many will be joining?
For now I plan making 6 cards but maybe I decide making more while Iām crafting
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In past years there have been between 10-15 participants.
And as people sign up I will list names on the 2nd post in this thread so closer to the sign up deadline youāll be able to see how many people have signed up so far.
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Ooo, gotta make cards! Iām glad I didnāt miss this!
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I finished my first card and I love how it turned out.
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I almost finished my cards. Iāll try to sign up tonight or tomorrow.
Random question:
How to you celebrate the holidays? Are you celebrating Christmas or another holiday? Are you celebrating it as a religious holiday or more like a family get-together? And on what day are you celebrating in your country?
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I donāt think Iāll have anything for this swap but I do have an interesting answer to your questionā¦
Christmas is a community holiday for me here. Those specific activities happen in community events. (And where I live in the Southwest USA is very into Christmas!) Winter Solstice is a holiday I share with close family like my mom, brother, kids. We are also far away from each other so we send cards and gifts now. My husband has a hard time with holidays though, so I decorate the bike shop, but we do nothing just between us except celebrate my birthday on Christmas Eve.
But, as a kid with divorced parents and a very extensive family to visit on one side and a birthday in the middle of it all, winter holidays were more like a traveling circus.
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In my country, all Christian holidays are two days! Itās because in the Dutch Reformed Church was historically the biggest church in my country, and they ban people from travelling on Sundays and religious holidays. So every religious holiday comes with a āsecond day ofā so people can travel back home.
I was raised Catholic so our traditions are very different, and the vast majority of Protestants donāt believe in super strict Sunday rest anymore either, but everyone likes extra days off. Itās ideal for people with divorced parents, too. We celebrate Christmas on three days: Christmas Eve, first day of Christmas, second day of Christmas.
We usually host friends for Christmas Eve. We have several friends who donāt have anywhere to go for Christmas. Itās the most relaxed day of Christmas. Then we spend one day with my parent + siblings, and the other day we try to find time for my in-laws. My in-laws are very involved in their Church so some years their schedule is so packed they canāt fit us in and we meet them in the days after Christmas.
I like to go to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, we did that growing up, too. I really loved it as a kid, the smell of incense, the choir, going out way after bedtime, seeing my grandparents there, the nativity. The traditional post-Mass foods afterwards (hot chocolate and sausage rolls). We live quite near a church so I do still try to go. Mr. Imma doesnāt care for it though, so I go alone, which means I donāt go every single year. His childhood experience of church was different than mine unfortunately.
When we meet with family, my in-laws are slightly more formal than my family, but we arenāt fancy people. We get together, share food, look at family pictures, avoid difficult subjects. Most of our family members donāt show up in a tracksuit but itās not exactly red carpet style either. Our food is a bit more fancy than normal. More ātwo desserts instead of oneā than āchampagne, oysters and caviarā.
In my country, people give gifts on St. Nick (December 5) not Christmas, so we get to skip that part. Thatās more of a childrenās holiday, not really a big thing between adults, we havenāt celebrated it in decades. Thereās a baby on the way in my family so we might pick it up again next year though. Because we donāt give gifts on St. Nick, I do try to give my family members a few nice handmade things at Christmas. We donāt celebrate birthdays either due to divorce / family stuff so if it wasnāt for Christmas Iād never be able to give them anything.
Then, my extended family gets together on the second weekend of the New Year usually. Not the first because everyone is tired of parties 
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One week left to make your cards and sign up!
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Had an idea. Decided I hated it. Pivoted. Not sure where Plan B is going.
I may be a last-minute signup .
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Sent my Q
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I sent my Q too! Yay!
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Hey! Glad I found a Christmas swap I might be able to do. Will try to make some cards over the next couple of days so I can sign up.
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Welcome back!! I hope you are able to join this swap.
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Hmā¦ We had a card making workshop after work last night and I made exactly 3 cards. Iāll have to see if I can maybe make some moreā¦
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Alrightyā¦I am now totally confused. Is this swap for 2025? I thought it was since it was in the feautred headliner. When I read the first post, the dates are everywhere from 2022 to 2024. I was just getting ready to sign up, but did I miss it?
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This is the 2025 one. Doooooooo it. Join us. 
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Thanks! I finished my cards so Iāll sign up.
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Glad you are here!
We missed you!!!