To think this is strange from my neighbour?

This. I’d would approach her and just keep the cards in case they come in handy rather than to routinely send iyswim

Em, i was agreeing with you?

I have literally never seen an announcement like what was describe, I highly doubt they are wildly common but even if you or PP have seen that in your specific circle its NOTHING to do with the thread.

Neither is your announcement about donating to charities regularly anything to do with the thread (but ironically the very thing PP was claiming is so tacky).

She declared people who do not send cards as lazy, cheap and smug for no reason so very much did call names.

😂😂

I love that. With some insanely enthusiastic message about making up for lost time and lots of exclamation marks.

Brilliant. Do nothing and she’ll be seething by next Xmas When she doesn’t get a card from you.

let her be. Sounds like a right nutcase.

Are they all the same design, @Pekitothebunny ? If they are, I’d be tempted to send her one every year, until the pack runs out. Just her. Bit of a long game, but it would tickle me to know she would know you were only using one of her own cards every year and it was just for her! Once they run out I might even go and ask for some more 😂

Oh this has given me such a laugh today.

Suggest using them as gift tags for your presents next year instead. Not for Janet at number 5 though.

If you bump into her you could say for religious reasons you don’t send out Christmas cards.

That’s what you need to do. What she has done is incredibly rude and presumptuous.

I never made any "announcement", i stopped doing christmas cards before the internet was invented, and im not smug, i actually jsut couldnt give a shit about christmas cards, find them dust collectors, outdated and wasteful. But I dont call people who do like them names either.
And i manage to donate to charities all year round, i dont wait until christmas either.

Well I like Christmas cards but I think she’s incredibly rude. It’s up to her if she wants to send cards, and up to you if you want to; they are not compulsory.

If she really wanted to create a more neighbourly community she’d invite everyone round for drinks and mince pies or similar, and actually get to know them. This just comes across as trying to make you feel bad.

How on earth is it lazy to not do something you have no obligation to do and whats money got to do with it?

There is nothing smug about it but your post is wildly entitled and judgemental.

Christmas cards are wildly outdated, wasteful and useless. Even our kids school hasn't done them for the last 5 or so years and for the last 20 years prior thats the only place I have known that did do them.

I endorse the note about being kind to the environment. I send about 15 cards, largely to people of my parent's generation for whom this is a done thing. For anyone below this level I either message, rely on Facebook, or I do for some send an ecard. Quite straight forward to do. This is very passive aggressive and I would politely respond.

Charity shops do NOT want Christmas supplies in January... they want them in November. They often ask not to send stuff out of season as they can't store them so they end up having to pay to get rid of them.

😂 I love her.

it sounds like someone is feeling lonely and isolated in this cold world of ours and wishes her neighbours were as friendly as her. I think many of us take people for granted and don’t really understand how much community and neighbouring care is needed and appreciated for people less fortunate, vulnerable, ageing or simply without family and as many friends.

I guess you could be defensive or you could be the better person and go over for a friendly chat to make sure she’s okay.

Thing is you don't need to say anything or make any excuse. You don't owe her anything. Just post them back and leave it at that.

Given your further comments regarding her attitude toward people I’d be putting them back through her door with a no thanks note attached.

Jesus the cheek.
Id post them right back to her letterbox, i wouldnt even bother with a note.
Just send em back and ignore.
I dont send them, i hate christmas cards, load of shite.
If she says anything, id simply laugh and say i figured you were having a laugh cos who would be so rude?
People baffle me.

Tell her you’re a Jehovah Witness and don’t celebrate, but as she’s mentioned it can you talk to her about the religion. She won’t ever talk to you again 😂😂😂

I don't send cards to anyone, even when they've sent a card to me. Total waste of time and energy.

She's mad OP!! Post them back through her door with a note saying thank you for the consideration but you won't require them.

How about ‘thank you for thinking of us but we don’t send Christmas cards so have returned them so you can get some use. We’re actually pagan and rest assured that you were included in our thoughts to attract positive energy and a prosperous spring at the winter solstice’.

I would hand them back or push them through her letter box with a note and tell her you don't send cards, so that she doesn't do it again. I haven't sent cards for years now I've always hated writing them out, such a boring waste of time .

What an incredibly passive aggressive and angry way to start a new year! She must have been festering on this for a Long Time.

I think if it were me, I'd put them back in her letter box with the most sickly sweet, obnoxiously upbeat note you can think of. And then perhaps drop in some awful tragedy that explains why you don't chose to give out cards.

"Dear Janet, thank you soooo much for thinking of us! That is really incredibly kind of you, and you taking the time out of your day really brightened what can be a really hard time of year for us as a family. Of course, you weren't even to have known this, but some years ago, my lovely auntie lost a hand to an out of control dog when delivering christmas cards to some close friends in their village. So as a result of this, we made the decision, as a family, that we would no longer send cards, as we all now find them quite triggering. I'm sure you understand. Best wishes for the new year! OP."

I'd fill in every card (addressed to her) and then stuff them back through her letter box with a note:
Dear Janet,
Especially for you, to compensate for the fact that we have and never shall do Christmas cards.
Sincere love,
Clan Pekitothebunny

Put it back through the door with a post it that says

“Dear Neighbour, due to our faith in the all-knowing and all-powerful Mephistopheles, we do not send Christmas cards. But we don’t want them to go to waste, so please have them back!”

Maybe she will leave you alone after that :)