Hello blog. Well it’s been a while. The end of year holiday frenzy started for us in October with a rush of activities both on the home and the stationery business front (hence the crickets in the blog). As a business owner, I loved the rush. After all it means revenue. But as an individual, I am happy to see it ebbing down with the New Year then stop within the 1st week. Excitement is good but every good thing must come to an end.
And any ending of course implies a beginning. So 2006 came and went. Good for some, bad for others, just ordinary for a third group. If you were not part of the former group, I wish you were at least in the latter and I rather hope the middle group remained empty. And of I wish that 2006 will be better, no matter what group you were part of.
I know what you must be thinking now. We are already in mid January! Isn’t it too late already to talk about best wishes for the New Year? Well I am sure there is an etiquette guide somewhere about that. My own guide (learned from my family while growing up) was that it was OK to wish happy New Year during the entire month of January because during that 1st month the year is still new. Thinking back over the years, the instances when I had to wish ‘happy new year’ to someone pass the 2nd week of January were rather scarce though it did happen.
Pondering more about it now, I think the happy New Year wishes should have a sub-category called ‘Happy Rest of Year’ or “Happy Remaining Year”. It would make quite an original stationery card don’t you think? That way you can spread your good wishes for the year (or for what’s left of it) all year long.
WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR – Best time to say them?
January 10, 2007Hello blog. Well it’s been a while. The end of year holiday frenzy started for us in October with a rush of activities both on the home and the stationery business front (hence the crickets in the blog). As a business owner, I loved the rush. After all it means revenue. But as an individual, I am happy to see it ebbing down with the New Year then stop within the 1st week. Excitement is good but every good thing must come to an end.
And any ending of course implies a beginning. So 2006 came and went. Good for some, bad for others, just ordinary for a third group. If you were not part of the former group, I wish you were at least in the latter and I rather hope the middle group remained empty. And of I wish that 2006 will be better, no matter what group you were part of.
I know what you must be thinking now. We are already in mid January! Isn’t it too late already to talk about best wishes for the New Year? Well I am sure there is an etiquette guide somewhere about that. My own guide (learned from my family while growing up) was that it was OK to wish happy New Year during the entire month of January because during that 1st month the year is still new. Thinking back over the years, the instances when I had to wish ‘happy new year’ to someone pass the 2nd week of January were rather scarce though it did happen.
Pondering more about it now, I think the happy New Year wishes should have a sub-category called ‘Happy Rest of Year’ or “Happy Remaining Year”. It would make quite an original stationery card don’t you think? That way you can spread your good wishes for the year (or for what’s left of it) all year long.
Posted in Commentary | Tagged , belated happy new year, cartoon happy new year, comment happy new year, greeting happy new year, happy new wishing year, happy new year wish |