If you just realized you forgot to send out Christmas cards, don't worry. You can have those Christmas cards in the mail in just a few hours by using online photo card services. These national chains will allow you to upload photos to Christmas card templates and pick them up in stores in about an hour. Sometimes it takes a little longer than an hour because a lot of people send last-minute Christmas cards.
Walmart Photo Cards
The personalized Christmas cards from Walmart can be customized with photos and words. There are different font options, but there are a lot of basic choices with photo card templates so you can upload a photo and send it to be printed. You can make Christmas cards that have just one image or make photo cards that have several pictures on them.
To make a custom Christmas card at Walmart, go to the Walmart Digital Photo Center online. The holiday cards can be sorted by different themes, such as traditional Christmas card images or glittery Christmas cards. Walmart offers an online module to help you learn how to make photo greeting cards. Be sure to check your options when ordering; some options, such as glossy photo cards, are not available for one-hour cards.
Walgreens Photo Cards
You can quickly make custom photo greeting cards to pick up at Walgreens. After you create an account, use the photo uploading tool to find pictures on your computer and add them to your Walgreens photo album. You choose holiday photo greeting cards in the Walgreens Photo Center, and then put your photos into the templates and personalize the text. There are also cards that have all the writing done for you, so you can upload your photo, submit them, and pick them up in an hour.
Walgreens often has coupon codes for the photo greeting cards on the front page of Walgreens.com and of the Walgreens Photo site. Be sure to check for these discount codes, which you can put in when you check out and save money on your Christmas cards. There is a minimum number to order, depending on the card sizes you buy.
CVS, Target, and some supermarkets also have one hour photo card services, so if you have a digital photo that you would like to share with your family and friends, you are just hours away from being done with all of your Christmas cards. Photo cards all come with envelopes, so once you pick up the cards you just need to address the envelopes and find some stamps. The U.S. Post Office has some Christmas themed Forever stamps, so if you do not use them all this year, you can have a jump on next year's Christmas cards.
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