Transform Your Annual
Ho-Hum Family Letter with
a Baby Christmas Costume

There's one way to ensure your Christmas card this year is treasured forever. Slap little junior (or juniorette) in a baby Christmas costume.

It's unexpected. It's adorable. A crowd-pleaser for everyone. (Except maybe the occasional Scrooge.)

Besides, this is the year to do it. Your infant is helpless to fight against any forced costuming.

Now's the time to torture them with adorable outfits you can immortalize with Christmas cards sprinkled all around the world. They'll thank you later. (Maybe)

Don't squander this perfect opportunity! Here are some of the cutest baby Christmas costumes you've ever seen.

A Baby Christmas Costume from Tom Arma

Tom Arma is the Armani of costume designers. Not only are his designs handmade, which means they last for generations, not just years, they are hands down the most adorable baby Christmas costumes out there.

Order early!

Since they are not mass produced, their stock is limited. When they're out, they're out until the following year.

The infant Christmas costume isn't all Tom Arma is known for.

See his other amazing animal-based baby costume designs.

For the Craft-Happy Mama

If working a sewing machine is one of your talents (I applaud you, btw), you could also make a baby Christmas costume from scratch with some Hobby Lobby fabric and a good pattern.

In this Simplicity Sewing Pattern, for example, you can make a pumpkin, bumble-bee or dalmation for Halloween, a Santa for Christmas, and a bunny for Easter just by mixing up the fabric and adding a few tweaks (Santa doesn't have bunny ears...)

Tips to Spruce Up Your Family Letter

Besides including your precious babe in a baby Christmas costume, here are some other ideas to make your yearly card worth saving:

• Besides the usual "what's been going on", add a short list of books your family enjoyed this year, movies you loved, and music you've downloaded.
• Design the letter to look like a newspaper, with columns and short paragraphs. Make it scan-happy.
• Don't be afraid to share the downs as well as the ups. Obviously, you don't want to air ALL your dirty laundry, but simple phrases like "after a challenging Spring we..." or "John lost his job, like many others, in May" and follow it with a positive lesson learned, or hope. Nobody wants to read bragging letters of self-declared perfect people. If you're going to take the time to write it, make sure it's worth reading.

The Ultimate Secret for Stress-Free Holiday Cards

Want to know the Ultimate Secret for creating stress free Christmas cards and letters?

Automation.

I use Tiny Prints to chose a gorgeous stylish design, add some adorable photos, upload my mailing list, and schedule the send date.

And then I promptly forget about them...until I get emails or phone calls from friends and family.

If you are still printing, folding, stamping, and licking your annual cards you've got to check them out.

Or, worse yet, if you've stopped sending out Holiday Greetings altogether, tired of all the hassle, it's time to swim in the blessings of 21st Century technology.

Take a peek at today's Deal of the Day at TinyPrints.

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