Presuming that you actually ^display^ the Christmas cards you receive...............

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how do you do it?

I've had all manner of card holders over the years and hated them all so much that I've got rid of them striaght after Christmas. I can't afford to spend a fortune on card holders, but want to put the cards up........

So how do you display yours?

I'm tempted to get some blue tack and just randomly stick them to the walls

string

but how do you stop the string fall down??

I've got lots of string - but I can just see them doing what my window lights did earlier today (well yesterday) - falling down after they've been up for 1/2hrs

I've got mine blu-tacked to the door of the cupboard under the stairs.

As I type this I realise you were looking for a somewhat classier solution...

classy?????

Sorry think you've got the wrong person .

I suppose I could do the blutacking to the dining room door (again). Just not sure we're going to have as many as previous years, plus we have panelled doors and it gets really awkward on the grooves lol

drawing pin holds the string and its not gell down.

used to use cellotape and tape cards to a door. - it fucks up the paint

drawing pins? Into what - the walls???

Don't have painted doors

have curtain in front of the door. this year am experimenting with pinning the cards to the curtain. usually blutak to the double door and side of staircase - then tghey fall off and I get frustrated!

no into wood, door frame, bottom or a mirrow etc etc.

oo doesn't that leave lots and lots of little holes in your doors and mirror frames??

duh - ignore - you pin the string into the wood, not each card

we blu tack them to the picture rails

I use sellotape and stick them along the edges of our book shelves.

Looks festive and keeps the clutter out of the way!

we use the string and pin method

we do string and drawing pins too, our string has been up 3 years now

hmm - might try the string and pim method - although not sure the "pinable" areas are long enough to fitall the card

Used to put backs of cards between books on bookcase.

Now we have got lickle string thing from wilks, tied onto nails acrss the hearth. It has mini clothes pegs on it, you can overlap a lot of cards on one short string.

then you double string it. Put a slightly longer length of string right next to the pins on the outside of the first ones.

We have our cards overlapped so pegs are only about 2" apart - fits LOADS. Better than end to end hung over string iyswim. 99p bargain.

but in my defense I have been wide awake all night

we also use the string and pin method.. I pin into the corners of the ceilings

Bells - I have high ceilings - think cards up their would no only be highly inconvinient II've already delayed putting the ceiling decorations up as it's such a bugger up the ladder getting to the corners) but slightly odd too.

Think I'll definitely go with string and pin.........if someone wuld be so kind as to explain "double string" to me

you put up one string
then on the outside of those pins you put a second, longer string so that it hangs lower on the wall

On ribbon hanging down the wall from pictures etc.

1. Get roll of festive coloured ribbon (either proper ribbon or the wrapping up ribbon) approx 1 inch wide.

1. Take picture off wall, tie ribbon in knot to back of picture wire, centre on the wire and hang picture back up.

1. Ribbon will now be hanging down from behind picture down to floor. Cut ribbon at floor level (at skirting board.)

1. Using stapler, staple each of the cards to the ribbon, leaving a small gap between so you see the ribbon. (I stick the front and back of card with a bit of blue tack so they stay closed.)

1. Put bit of blue tack at bottom of ribbon to keep it flush against wall.

Looks really festive and easy to take down at end of year. If you want you can take cards off ribbon and keep for next year!

ahhhhhhhhh

I do what LadyPen does