9 Original Holiday Greeting Cards

Warm year-end greetings wrapped up in a background of buffalo plaid will send a cozy message to friends and family.

To buy: $18 for eight, rocket-ink.com.

Featured December 2013

Personalize your holiday greetings by having the kids color in the friendly hand-illustrated snowman design.

To buy: $5 for eight (pencils included), 9thletterpress.com.

Festive drummer boys dance across the front of this card to convey your cheerful holiday message.

To buy: $24 for 10, crane.com.

Four pretty painterly designs with simple messages adorn these recycled paper notes.

To buy: $16 for eight, yellowowlworkshop.com.

No matter what language you say it in, your holiday greeting is conveyed with a black and white striped eco-friendly card that has a timeless Parisian feel.

To buy: $5 each, hausinterior.com.

This classic Christmas moment is bound to put a smile on any card recipient’s face.

To buy: $18 for eight, etsy.com.

A scene of wintry fun will inspire your recipients to head for the ice. Best of all, Postable will send these cards (with individual notes in a handwriting style of your choice) to anyone you wish to include from your online address book.

To buy: $2 each, postable.com.

Geometric and exceptionally simple. Postcards are an easy and modern substitution to the traditional holiday cards.

To buy: $11 for 10, pei-design.com.

If you choose to send cards after the barrage of mail during December, send a toast for a happy 2014 instead.

To buy: $25 for 10, katespade.com.

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