Shriners Children’s Hospitals use Christmas-themed preprinted designs on BRE

I made my weekly run to check the post office box today, and there was the usual stack of nonprofit mailings containing an array of return address labels, notepads, and calendars.

A mailing from Shriners Children’s Hospitals also included a business reply envelope with three preprinted stamp-sized designs that I had not previously seen. The designs picture Santa Claus, a reindeer with presents on its back, and a car with a Christmas tree strapped to its roof.

Shriners Children’s has been using stamp-sized designs of this sort for a while now. They’re colorful, at least, and other than a few nonprofit stamps on the envelopes I received, this was the closest thing to what my daughter and I refer to as “stamp mail” that I received this week!

Published 2025-08-27