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Who buys individual Christmas cards?

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badguyduh · 02/12/2019 18:21

I thought most people bought Christmas cards in packs if they're bothering to do cards. Who buys individual ones from card shops? They're not all 'to a lovely sister this Christmas' etc. And they take up half the card shops' displays!

My brother did send a few individual ones to each of my family this year but he's a bit odd Grin

I still haven't heard of any one sending Happy Easter cards either but they still appear that time of year in the shops.

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ilovesooty · 04/12/2019 02:40

My mother expected it so I still buy them for my sister / brother in law and niece .

Trumpton · 04/12/2019 07:29

@TheNoodlesIncident
My mil loves a good verse . We always say if it makes us feel queasy it’s a winner .
See ^^ Upthread for my this year’s offering .
I buy from Moonpig generally as she is from the midlands and therefore MOM .
Then I glitter the crap out of it !

PineappleDanish · 04/12/2019 07:32

MIL does. The nastiest,glitter-iest, naffest ones in the shop. I don't send any cards at all so she never gets one in return!

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badguyduh · 04/12/2019 12:47

Bit of a tangent but it's my DC's first Christmas in school and they have a post box to post cards. Do I need to do 30, for everyone in the class, then a few for the other class? Because that seems nuts. But picking kids would imply leaving some out (he likes nearly all kids in class).

I enjoy getting and receiving cards in the post, but we only send about 15-20, to relatives and a few friends. Most friends our age don't seem to do cards. Every year we have fewer to send as well, because older relatives are passing away Xmas Sad

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dementedpixie · 04/12/2019 12:51

Yes in the early years we sent to everyone in the class.

TheNoodlesIncident · 04/12/2019 22:04

You can buy big packs of 30 in most of the big supermarkets especially for this @badguyduh. Always small square ones with a bit of glitter and cheerful pictures. It's quite a hard task for YR to write so many though, be prepared to step in and spread them over a few days. I had a reluctant writer but it was good practice for him...

MrsT1405 · 04/12/2019 22:25

My lovely dil tippex out wife and wrote partner on one before I married her fil. She was commen.

Cannyhandleit · 04/12/2019 22:31

My OH entire family!! It's fucking ridiculous! One Christmas we got a 'to brother and partner', 'to uncle and partner', 'to nephew' and 'to cousin'! 4 fucking cards from one household to another!!!!! God damn it annoys me!!

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