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November 25, 2005
Thinking Christmas
Every year, or so it seems, the un-nameable 'they' seem to push
Christmas at us earlier. When I was younger, a child, I remember
hearing similar complaints from the adults around me - and I remember
thinking 'How could this be a bad thing?' As an adult, the one with the
pressure to shop and otherwise prepare for the holidays, I now
understand the complaint...
So when Kat Caverly originally asked me to start 'thinking Christmas' I
resisted.
It's not that I don't love Christmas. It's just that it shouldn't start
in October or even early November.
Some folks wait for the first snow fall to begin to feel the rush of
Christmas. When I lived in Wisconsin, that often meant that the 25th of
December wasn't Christmas, as we often had no snow by them. Now that I
live in Fargo, North Dakota, it means Christmas time is early October
(both a Brr and a Grrrr for me!).
So to me, the only time that I can say that I am ready to begin my
holiday season is after Thanksgiving. Let me get one out of the way,
and then I can focus on the rest of the season.
By DEANNA DAHLSAD
Posted by photocartoonist at November 25, 2005 12:10 AM
Comments
The funny thing about the greeting card business is that it is easier to talk about the few months that I am not working on Christmas.
In November and December I am working on Valentines Day, but I am still thinking about Christmas, because, it's November and December!
Normally the production pipeline for e-cards is 4 months; a month each for concept/script, music/voiceovers, characters/animation, post-production. Holiday shorts need to be done by September. Add another month to character and animation production.
So what does that all mean? We start production on Christmas 2006 in March! March to May we will come up with all of the concepts for e-cards, print greetings, m-cards and other mobile entertainment, and two shorts!!
Don't worry Deanna, you will learn to love thinking about Christmas 10 months out of the year. Welcome to the greeting card Universe!
Posted by: Kat Caverly at November 24, 2005 10:26 PM
:looking down & twirling front toe in the dirt: Awww, mom, do I hafta?
Posted by: Deanna Dahlsad at December 2, 2005 10:48 AM
nice
Posted by: Rose at December 5, 2005 11:15 AM