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Holiday Cards for Funeral Homes — the families who remember exactly who was kind to them

Funeral homes, cremation providers, senior living communities, hospice. The relationship is formed on the worst week of somebody's life, and it is remembered for decades.

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100 cards$2.85under, per card
250 cards$2.35under, per card
500 cards$2.18under, per card
1,000 cards$1.85under, per card

Good-tier pricing, with envelopes and imprinting included. Early-order discounts come off on top of these prices — 25% by October 15, then 20% by November 16, then 10% by December 11. Better and Best designs cost more — see all three tiers and price your order.

They remember the year, not the brochure

Families can tell you thirty years later who returned the call at eleven at night and who made the hard week easier. That memory is the whole business, and it is why a funeral home's mail should never look like marketing. A card in November with your name on it and nothing else asked for is the only piece of mail all year that matches how families already feel about you.

December is not neutral mail

The first holiday season after a death is the hardest one. A bright, cheerful Christmas card into that house lands badly, and everyone in this profession knows it. Send the most recent families something quiet — a Thanksgiving card in early November, or a plain seasonal design with a short line of remembrance. Our Peace on Earth, Dove and Sympathy families exist for exactly this, and restraint is the whole design brief.

Two lists, two different cards

The families you served, and the network that sends you families — clergy, hospice nurses, hospital social workers, estate attorneys, physicians, senior living directors, florists, monument dealers, the cemetery. The family card carries no offer of any kind. The professional card can be warmer and more ordinary, because it is going to a desk, not to a kitchen table. One order, two imprints, and we'll keep both on file for next year.

Cards for funeral homes

Three sympathy designs and three quiet seasonal ones. Two lists, one order, and we keep both imprints on file. Prices shown are per card with envelopes at 100 — they come down at every quantity break.

Watercolor Sympathy — funeral homes greeting card, personalized by Best Holiday CardsWatercolor Sympathy#5117$2.85 / card at 100Soft Sympathy — funeral homes greeting card, personalized by Best Holiday CardsSoft Sympathy#8818$3.40 / card at 100Eucalyptus Sympathy — funeral homes greeting card, personalized by Best Holiday CardsEucalyptus Sympathy#8811$3.40 / card at 100Sympathy Lily — funeral homes greeting card, personalized by Best Holiday CardsSympathy Lily#8540$2.85 / card at 100Dove of Peace — funeral homes greeting card, personalized by Best Holiday CardsDove of Peace#7781$3.40 / card at 100Silent Night Church — funeral homes greeting card, personalized by Best Holiday CardsSilent Night Church#7690$3.40 / card at 100

Design families to browse

The categories funeral homes order from most. Prices are per card with envelopes at 1,000.

Peace on Earth — Business Holiday Cards from Best Holiday Cards

Peace on Earth

5 designs
 Dove — Business Holiday Cards from Best Holiday Cards

Dove

5 designs
 Sympathy Cards — Business Holiday Cards from Best Holiday Cards

Sympathy Cards

6 designs
 Thank you Cards — Business Holiday Cards from Best Holiday Cards

Thank you Cards

14 designs

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Questions we get from funeral homes

Is it appropriate to send a holiday card to a family we served?
It is common practice and it is usually welcomed — provided it asks for nothing. No pre-need insert, no service list, no reply card. Many homes send Thanksgiving cards to the families from the current year and hold the seasonal cards for families further out. If you keep a remembrance program, the card is a natural place for it, and families frequently keep those for years.
What should it say?
Less than you think. The home's name, a short line of gratitude or remembrance, and the names of the directors. Some homes include the name of the person who died, which is deeply appreciated when the records are right and painful when they aren't — so only do it if your list discipline is genuinely good. Never put a price, a package or a promotion on this card.
What about senior living communities?
Two audiences, and the second one matters more than most communities realize. Residents get a card at their door or their table. The adult children — the people who chose the community and who talk to other families about it — get one in the mail, and that is the card that generates referrals. Add the referral network too: discharge planners, home health agencies, elder law attorneys.
How many, and when should we mail?
Families from the last three to five years, plus the full professional network, usually lands between 300 and 1,500 for a single home. Mail Thanksgiving cards the first week of November and seasonal cards the week after. Order in September or early October — the early-order discount takes 25% off the card price through October 15, and it buys you time to proof a list that has to be right.

Not sure where to start?

Tell us who you're sending to and roughly how many. We've been doing this since 2003 — we'll point you at the three or four designs that actually fit, and you can take it from there.

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