Charlotte: Getting The Christmas Card Picture Done

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

November 1st 1:39 AM

Early November is not too soon to start thinking about Christmas cards and that family Christmas picture that goes on the cards.

Family Tradition

I may be old-school, but I still believe in sending physical Christmas cards with pictures of the family on them. I get fewer and fewer physical Christmas cards from my friends and family but I think it’s important to send out our own.

Family Tradition

We have a tradition that Thanksgiving night, after all the food is eaten and the shopping has been discussed, my husband, my two kids, and I sit at the table, and we get our Christmas cards together. My son puts on the stamps. My daughter puts on stickers. I write the addresses, and my husband stuffs the card into the envelope. It’s a tradition we’ve done for many years now. As a matter of fact, I take a Christmas card picture each year, and it’s a fun way to document how my kids have grown. I have one from every year since they were born.

Postage

Lately, the postage stamps and the cards themselves have become a little bit of an expensive habit, but I feel it’s worth it.

Many times for the Christmas card, we use a fun picture from a vacation we had that year at Disney World or being out and about, but we’ve also gone to a professional photographer to take that picture to get it just right.

Professional Photography

As we start out the month of November, when we celebrate Thanksgiving in three or four weeks, I did a little dive and found some of the places in Charlotte for professional photographers you can take the perfect Christmas picture so you’re ready to send out the cards before the holiday, which tends to approach so quickly.

Christmas Mini Sessions

Christmas Mini Sessions are a great way to capture your holiday photos. Session times are usually short (between 5 minutes and 20 minutes) and in a beautiful location.

Picture Project CLT Selfie Museum offers multiple creative Christmas scenes for your holiday looks. You can either take your own photos (with your phone or camera), or bring your own photographer.

Reflections by Rhiannon

Reflections by Rhiannon offers a variety of holiday mini-sessions in the fall. New sets are available each year in their Charlotte studio.

Ash Nichole Photos

Ash Nichole Photos specializes in senior, graduation, family, brand, and influencer content photography.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.