Holiday Card Book vs. Birthday Card Book: Which to Make First?

The two books share a price model, not a purpose

The Holiday Card Book and the Birthday Card Book are built the same way: you send in your cards, and Plum Print digitizes and edits them into a designed keepsake book. Both are listed at USD 25.00 per card, with a catalog comparison price of USD 49.99, and both credit your deposit back on your final invoice.

The difference is which pile of cards you are ready to part with first. Holiday cards arrive in a predictable annual wave; birthday cards accumulate one person at a time, often across years. Deciding which to send first is really a question of which collection is complete enough to make a satisfying book right now.

Which collection is ready to send?

• Holiday Card Book: Best if you have a stack of holiday cards from one season or several years that you want preserved together. The book is designed to hold holiday cards, birthday cards, and more, so it can absorb a mixed pile if that is what you have.
• Birthday Card Book: Best if birthday cards are the collection you actually keep. The catalog describes it as a way to celebrate a birthday every day of the year, which suits a book built around one person's milestones or a family's run of birthdays.

What each book preserves

• Holiday Card Book: The Holiday Card Book preserves holiday cards, birthday cards, and more into a designed book. If your card pile is mixed, this book does not force you to separate holidays from birthdays before you send.

  

• Birthday Card Book: The Birthday Card Book is positioned as a keepsake that lets you celebrate a birthday every day of the year. This fits a collection centered on one person's birthdays or a family's birthday cards rather than a seasonal haul.

  

Cost per card makes the first book a scope decision

Because each book is priced per card, the size of your first order matters more than which title you pick. A small, well-chosen stack keeps the first book affordable and lets you test the process before committing a larger collection. The catalog does not list a minimum or maximum card count in the supplied information, so confirm the current limits before you box up a large pile.

The deposit is credited back on your final invoice for both books, so the deposit is not an extra cost—it is a placeholder against the final per-card total.

Gift options and deposit credit

• Holiday Card Book: A gift collection box can be sent to any recipient for $199, covering the first 20 cards of their book. If you are giving the book rather than making it for yourself, the gift box sets a clear starting scope of 20 cards.
• Birthday Card Book: The Birthday Card Book offers the same $199 gift collection box covering the first 20 cards. The gift economics are identical, so the choice between the two comes down to which cards the recipient is most likely to have saved.

Seasonal card book ideas that fit each title

If you are choosing a book to give as a gift, match the title to the cards the recipient already keeps.

• For a holiday-heavy household: Choose the Holiday Card Book when the recipient has years of holiday cards in a drawer and no clear plan for them.
• For a milestone-focused gift: Choose the Birthday Card Book when the cards mark one person's birthdays—a child's early years, a parent's milestone birthdays, or a grandparent's collection.
• For a mixed pile: The Holiday Card Book explicitly accommodates birthday cards and more, so it can handle a collection that is not purely seasonal.

How to decide in three steps

1. Sort your cards into two piles: Separate holiday cards from birthday cards. Whichever pile is larger and more complete is the stronger candidate for the first book.
2. Check the per-card math: Count the cards in your leading pile and multiply by the USD 25.00 per-card price to estimate the final invoice before you send anything.
3. Decide whether this is a gift: If you are sending a book to someone else, use the $199 gift collection box, which covers the first 20 cards, and choose the title that matches the cards they are most likely to have saved.

What the supplied information does not settle

The catalog records do not specify page counts, book dimensions, turnaround times, or whether the two titles differ in binding or layout. If those details affect your decision, confirm them with Plum Print before ordering. What the records do make clear is that both books share the same per-card pricing, the same deposit credit, and the same $199 gift box option, so the choice between them is primarily about which card collection you want to preserve first.