As the Christmas excitement plasters onto everything buyable and wearable, Christmas cards are one way to spread that good holiday cheer. If the beautiful Christmas-themed cards weren’t enough, add in bookish drawings and you’ll have a giddy time choosing which to give and which to keep to yourself. Specially made for your book lovers this holiday season, here are some options for Christmas parties and to go with their Christmas presents. These affordable Christmas cards from Esty are made with the love of books and Christmas — the perfect combination!
Christmas Books Pun Card
If you have a specific person who adores books and puns — or just puns — they’ll be charmed by this Christmas card. Mixing Christmas classics with popular book titles comes with a unique stack of holiday must-reads. Designed by oflifeandlemons, their sense of humor shines with titles such as “Murder on the Polar Express,” “Frankincense,” and more. Whoever receives this card will get a chuckle and wonder what stories could be behind the titles. Check out oflifeandlemons‘s Etsy page for more pun-inspired holiday cards.
Pink Holiday Card Set
Sugar Plums and bright flurry pinks have become common in Christmas decorations. If your friends like the bright colors and sparkling designs, this card is for them. This cozy pink bookstore art made by TinyCottageKitchen brings comfort on a winter day. It’s a bookstore you and your loved ones would want to walk through and visit with the bookstore’s peaceful bricked setting.
Best Literary Quotes Card Set
Minimal colors are sometimes the right amount of vibrant. Beautifully created by ObviousState, this set of twenty-four cards each holds an intricate design portraying a famous author’s quote. From Virginia Woolf, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Jane Austen, it’s on par with those who love the classics or a specific author. They’ll be awed at receiving a card with explosive art. With cards like these, you’ll want to keep some to yourself.
Festive Bookshelf Christmas Card
Christmas classics are a must-watch to enjoy the holidays. This card by QuoteandQuillShop understood the assignment and wonderfully included books that are traditional readings each Christmas. I didn’t know The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe counted as a Christmas movie, but it makes sense. Like The Nutcracker, anything with snow and presents counts as a holiday movie. Simple with festive stockings and a cute little decorated plant, it screams comfort for anyone receiving it.
Winnie the Pooh Card Set
The Hundred Acre Wood joins the festivities with these cute Christmas-themed cards. With Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore, enjoy the peaceful winter woods with quotes from the book. Full of sheer joy for Christmas, this is perfect for those who have fond memories of Winnie the Pooh. Created by OrchardsCards, you’ll get three Winnie the Pooh designs straight from the children’s book.
Bibliosmia Card
This is a real word. Simple and straight to the point, give this to the one who best represents this word. Which would be all your bookish family members if they like to read to escape the real world and smell brand-new books. The creator of the card, AlluvionPrints recommends this book for enthusiastic readers. Perfect to go along with the gift of new books for the holidays.
TBR List Card
Every book lover alive has an extensive TBR. If you know someone with an even bigger list out of all your bookish friends, give them this card as an encouragement to complete as much reading as possible. Childlike charm in its many stacks of books with “Season’s Greetings” in cursive, the accompanying green envelope completes the Christmas look. LuckyDogMailClub created this card specifically for book lovers who get lost in the words, taking even longer to get through their TBR list.
Merry Bookmas Card
Artistically made by ScienceAndSnark, this Christmas card is for all kinds of bookish people. For avid readers, literature specialists, teachers, and more, this Christmas tree made from nicely placed books is a dream come true. With adorable animals added to the tree, a sense of peace is sent to those gifted this card. It’ll be saved for many years to come. If you have this many books, why not attempt your own bookish Christmas tree?
More Books For Christmas Card
Even with the endless TBR lists we all have, that doesn’t stop us from wanting more books. Perfectly stated in this Christmas card made by FleursOnSunday, it screams Christmas bookish cheer. A pink book with a stocking and a teddy bear sticking out on the cover, “All I Want For Christmas is More Books” is what we all want this year. This can be tucked nicely in a stocking or along with a book ready to be delivered this Christmas.
A Christmas Carol Card Set
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickinson has made itself a staple to read and watch during Christmas. If you or a loved one is obsessed with this Christmas story, they’ll be enchanted by the extensive detail of the art depicting memorable parts of the story. Original illustrations made by BeyondtheShelfShop, their attention to their craft shows as the different cards look like tiny books ready to be read. The spirit of Christmas will pop more with whatever wishes and inspiring words you write on the card.
In my family, we collect Christmas cards because if we don’t get the beautiful and charming pictures of a snowman or a winter wonderland amazingly captured on paper, then we’ll regret it till next Christmas. Do you collect Christmas cards without the intent of sending them to someone?
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