Christmas postcards and New Year's cards, printed and mailed for you.
Holiday photo postcards for your whole list. Add your family photo, write one message, and paste your card list. ShipNote prints every card, addresses it and mails it for you — $1.99 a card from 10 cards, First-Class postage included.
Order today, pick the day they mail: any day through December 15 arrives for Christmas.
Mailed next business day
Or on a day you pick, up to 90 days out
From $1.99 a card
Printing and postage included
Real postcards, real mail
USPS First-Class — not another email
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How it works
From your card list to every mailbox
Three steps and about 15 minutes. No envelopes to address, no stamps to buy, no line at the post office in December.
Your message
Written once, personalized to every card
Pick a design & message
Choose from 106 designs, write your note once, and we personalize every card to each person on your list.
Grandma & Grandpa Lee — 14 Birch Ln, Duluth, MN
The Castillos — 902 Palm Dr, Tucson, AZ
Coach Dana — 6 Mill St, Salem, MA
- Grandma & Grandpa Lee14 Birch Ln, Duluth
- The Castillos902 Palm Dr, Tucson
Paste your card list
However you keep it: a spreadsheet, a CSV export of your contacts, last year's list, even a photo of a handwritten page. We pull out every name and mailing address.
Mailed next business day, or on a day you pick
We print, add postage & mail
Real postcards go out the next business day, or on a day you pick at checkout, with USPS First-Class postage. Start to done in about 15 minutes.
Designs
Painted holiday cards, your photos
106 holiday designs; the painted ones lead, around one photo or up to four. Pick Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or Season’s Greetings, or write your own.
Christmas deadline
Order by December 14 to arrive for Christmas
Worked from our own mailing day and our delivery window. Earlier is always safer in December.
1. You order by
December 14
The last day for Christmas
2. We mail it
Next business day
Or on a day you pick, up to 90 days out
3. Arrives in
4–7 business days
after we mail, in time for Christmas
For comparison, USPS recommends sending First-Class Mail by December 17 for delivery by December 25 in the lower 48 (USPS 2026 holiday dates). Our date is earlier because we count the slowest end of the delivery window.
Or send New Year's cards
On any design with an editable greeting, pick HAPPY NEW YEAR with one tap and it becomes a New Year's card. It can go out after the December rush, and it suits a list where not everyone celebrates Christmas. Why families send New Year's cards, and what to write.
Year in review
Year-in-review Christmas cards, on a postcard
Your year in photos on the front, the short version of it on the back, and every card addressed and mailed for you.
The front: your year in photos
In the design step, pick Grid (4 photos), Triptych (3 photos) or Filmstrip (3 photos). Under the photos go two short lines: your family name, and a caption such as 2026 IN REVIEW on the date line.
The back: the short version
About 50 to 65 words fit at a comfortable size: three to five moments, a sentence each, and a wish to close. Past that, the editor tells you the text is getting small, so a two-page Christmas letter won't fit. You can still rewrite any one card before you pay.
Mailed when the year is done
Write it now and pick the day it mails, up to 90 days out. Or send it as a New Year's card in early January, so the recap can include December. $1.99 a card from 10 cards, postage included.
Made your front in Canva or another app already? Pick the Blank card and upload it as the whole front. How to write a year-in-review card, moment by moment.
Mail date
Order now, pick the day your cards mail
Get the list done now and send it when you're ready. Any mail day up to December 15 still arrives for Christmas.
1. Order today
While it's on your mind
Design the card, write one message and paste your list
2. Pick the mail day
Up to 90 days out
At checkout, choose "On a date I choose"
3. We hold, then mail
Mails on your date
Cancel from your order page for a full refund until the cut-off shown at checkout
Pricing
50 holiday cards, mailed for $99.50
$2.49 a card, or $1.99 from 10 cards up. That is the whole price: no subscription, no account, no per-address fee.
Every card includes
- Printing on both sides of a 4x6 postcard
- Each person's name and address printed on their card
- Every address checked against USPS records
- USPS First-Class postage on every card
- Handed to USPS the next business day, or on a day you pick
| Service | Per card, mailed | 50 cards |
|---|---|---|
| ShipNote4x6 photo postcardPrinting, addressing, First-Class postage and mailing included | $1.99 | $99.50 |
| PostablePhoto postcardList price, postage included | $3.39 | $169.50 |
| PostablePhoto card with envelopeList price, postage included | $4.59 | $229.50 |
Competitor prices read on each company's own site on (Postable); list prices. Paper Culture will also mail its cards, for $0.69–$0.89 a card plus the stamp ($1.51–$1.71 a card with a $0.82 stamp), on top of the card itself (its delivery options).
Doing it yourself, the Forever stamps alone for 50 cards in envelopes are $41.00 at $0.82 each (stamp calculator), before the cards, the envelopes and the evening of addressing.
When another service is the better choice
ShipNote prints postcards, and mails within the United States only. If you want a card in an envelope mailed for you, Postable does that (priced above). For foil, letterpress or a folded card, a stationer like Minted or Paper Culture is the better fit; Paper Culture will stamp and mail them for the fee above, or you mail them yourself.
Frequently Asked Questions
What families ask before they send the whole list.
Religious Christmas cards
Four of the holiday designs are Christian: the Nativity, Adore Him, Joy to the World and Unto Us, each starting the back with a Christmas blessing. See religious Christmas cards, for your family's list or a church's member directory.
Hanukkah and Rosh Hashanah cards
The holiday designs include a menorah card and a Hanukkah & Christmas card for families that keep both. See Hanukkah cards, or for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah cards.
Thanksgiving first?
A card for Thanksgiving, with your photo or autumn art and the same list. See Thanksgiving cards.
A new baby, or a new address, before the holidays?
A baby born this fall can be the card: put the newborn photo on a photo design, keep the greeting, and use the two lines beneath it for the baby's name and birth date. See holiday birth announcements. For an announcement on its own, mailed to the same list, see birth announcements or moving announcements.
Sending to clients instead?
Businesses can upload a client list from a CRM and send holiday cards with their logo the same way. See business holiday cards.
This year, the cards actually go out.
Order by December 14 and every card is printed, addressed and in the mail next business day, or on any day you pick through December 15, from $1.99 a card on 10+.
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