What is the Holiday Traditions Exchange?
The Holiday Traditions Exchange is a swap that incorporates craft, cultural sharing, and thoughtful reflection about what the holidays mean to your family. It’s an opportunity to celebrate all that is non-commercial in this holiday season – and an opportunity to adopt a new, fun tradition for your family’s holiday repertoire.
To your partner, you will send:
1.) One handmade holiday
decoration. Decorations made from any kind of medium are acceptable –
from fabric to yarn, paper to paint.
2.) Your family's favorite holiday recipe.
3.)
A “Tradition” Tutorial. This is description of one of your family’s
special holiday traditions. If needed, you should provide step by step
instructions. (For example, if your family makes graham cracker candy
houses each year, you would provide more concrete instructions.) You
might also consider sending along a couple of photos of the tradition
in action.
Guidelines
- You must be prepared to ship internationally. Your partner may be located in another country, as I can't take "country" requests. If you do need to ship overseas, think "small" and "flat" for your package - something that could fit in a Global Priority Mail Flat Rate envelope would be great. The cost to ship to all other countries is $12.95 US.
- You must agree to the time line: Packages must be shipped by Friday, December 11th. If you have too much on your plate this holiday season, think twice before adding a swap to your activities! There's always next year.
- If you do not send your partner a package, you won't be able to participate next year. I keep a record of people who don't send packages, so if you signed up in previous years and your package didn't make it out the door, I apologize, but I can't accept you this year. Please only sign up if you know you can comply with the above guidelines!
How can I participate?
Click on the link below - it will take you to a form to sign up for the exchange. Signups are only accepted via this form! If your sign up has been completed successfully, you will immediately receive a confirmation email.
The form will no longer be available after 200 participants sign up, or after midnight on Friday, November 13, whichever comes first.
Click here to sign up for the exchange.
***Before sending your package, be sure to take pics and post them to the Holiday Traditions Exchange Flickr Group!***
Much warmth,
Meg
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