Slow Service

This lovely card was sent from Poland as priority mail on 13 Dec. 2018. We got it on 15 Jan. 2019.
The postal service in our area has become quite slow. Last year in March 2018, we received a Christmas card which had been sent from Poland before Christmas 2017. Quite disappointing.

Danish Christmas Stamps

It is high time I added the Christmas stamps - before next Easter and spring comes...

Country: Denmark
Theme: winter/Christmas/holly

Year: 2016

Another Very Snail Mail Card

It seems the snail mail service really deserves its name these days. After almost a month we got another Christmas card (which was posted by air mail a week before Christmas). Although my relatives paid for fast delivery, we got such a slow service in exchange. Disappointing.

Country: Poland
from: family
by Passion Cards

Slow Christmas Mail

Country: Poland
from: family
by: Pan Dragon

This card came after Christmas due to the very slow postal service. Sent by airmail on Dec. 11, 2016, arrived here on Jan. 10, 2017. It should have been in our mail box within 7-8 days only, not after a month time.

Stamp

Country: Poland
Theme: nature/flowers
Design: M. Dąbrowska
Year: 2016

The iris belongs to the family of Iridaceae plants. 'Iris' means 'rainbow' in Greek. There are over 200 kinds of irises, they grow in the wild in Northern hemisphere zones.

Surprise Card from Malta

Country: Malta / France - guess why ;-)
from: Polish Lady Abroad Club
issued by: ?

Stamp

Country: Malta
Theme: seasons/summer
Year: 2016

Republic of Malta - country (a group of islands) in southern Europe, in the central Mediterranean Sea. Malta is part of EU (admitted in 2004).
Area: 122 square miles
Capital: Valetta
Language: Maltese

We have never been there. It would be nice to visit one day...

Another Christmas Card

Country: USA

from: family
by Markings/ CR Gibson

 Received on Christmas Day...

 

Dancing Santa

Country: Poland
From: friend
by Verte SA

Stamp

Theme: Christmas/Nativity
Year: 2016

Wesołych Świąt

Country: Poland
From: family
by PW Panorama Gdańsk

Christmas Wishes from DK

The card was created by a dear friend of mine.

Stamp

Theme: coat of arms
Country: Denmark

Coat of arms of Denmark - three blue lions wearing crowns in a golden shield. The lions have red tongues and are accompanied by nine red hearts.

Happy Christmas

Country: Australia
From: penpal exchange
by Hallmark

Stamp

Theme: Christmas - Three Kings

The Three Kings - stamp also in another post.

Frohe Weinachten

Country: Germany
From: friend
by Hanra

Stamp

Theme: Nature / Mountains - national park
Year: 2016

Sächsische Schweiz - Saxon Switzerland - climbing area with around 1,000 peaks and hollows, national park in Germany (the Elbe River valley). The highest peak in Saxon Switzerland is Großer Zschirnstein (562m above sea level).

Merry Christmas

Country: USA
From: family
by St. Joseph's Indian School

The very first card this year was from.........

Card from Secret Santa

Country: Ireland
From: Polish Lady Abroad Club - Secret Santa
by FSC

The card accompanied the lovely gifts from my Club Irish Secret Santa.

Stamp

Theme: Christmas / Three Kings

Three Kings /three Wise Men/ three Magi - the men who followed the Bethlehem Star which led them to the place where Jesus was born. The Men's names were Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar. They came to Bethlehem to pay respect to the baby Jesus new-born King of all mankind and present him with myrrh, gold, and frankincense.

Santa's List

Country: USA
From: family
by The Humor Company,
PRGCO, LLC

Christmas Collection

Time to take care of all the cards we have got this year...

Country: USA
From: family
Series: New Beginnings
by London Portfolio

It was actually the third Christmas card which we received this season.
Thank you!