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To throw away cards and letters received over the years

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Finemjen · 04/08/2025 03:55

having a sort out and came across boxes and boxes of birthday cards, Xmas cards, celebration cards for life milestones, letters received from family and friends over the years. I’ve loved looking through some of them and reading the messages (nostalgia from a pre-email /text life!) but considering throwing them away as I need the space and not sure when I’d next look at them, if at all and they’re just collecting dust. Anyone else been in this situation - I am sentimental and do like a memento but would it be unreasonable to throw them away? Maybe keep a few, but throw the rest? If anyone has kept their cards is there a way to keep them that’s better than stuffed in a box (googled but nothing came up!)

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MayaPinion · 04/08/2025 04:09

Yes of course you should get rid of them. Maybe keep a few of the precious ones but the rest can be recycled. I always get rid of any I receive when I take them off the mantelpiece at the end of the celebration.

Lurkingandlearning · 04/08/2025 04:05

I would scan the letters. Maybe you won’t read them again but they’ll be taking up no space should you ever want to

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