A card or a letter, the sooner the better

The half million employees who work for the USPS rely heavily on the five-or nine-digit ZIP codes for efficient and reliable mail delivery. “ZIP” is actually an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.

Yep!That's the Mailman.. Parked. in my family's driveway.

In the 1960s  USPS intentionally chose the acronym to indicate that mail travels more quickly when senders mark the postal code on their packages and envelopes.The basic ZIP code has five digits. The first three digits refer to a sectional center facility (or SCF),  a network of super post offices. 
 Paraphrased from the dictionary.com article clearly there was some copy and paste action -thus the different style font:) you can read the actual article for a more detailed history on zip codes and how mail travels. Personally, I mostly enjoyed learning what the acronym stood for.


      Lets move on to a word on mail received- I wont touch on the increase of packages delivered in the dawn of online shopping. Rather allow me to now express my appreciation for a tradition that does not have to do specifically with christmas. 

 

...Keepingg it alive!

In an era where kids are learning typing at such a young age (and rightfully so) The fact  that less and less of our population even knows how to write in cursive, it is nice to see that some people still take the time to continue the fine craft of quillmanship. I know there are always at least two people I can count on to artfully address envelopes and merry missives in Calligraphy: my mother's boss and my best friend's (from kindergarden who ,yes-how cute, still sends my family mail:) Mom.