Christmas cards not ecological?

[BMW6]

Thinking about whether it is right to continue getting them.

All those trees chopped down to make the paper, the pollution caused in production etc, all to end up in recycle (or more likely landfill).

OTOH lots of jobs involved in production and £££££ generated in the economy

I'm torn. Haven't bought any yet and am trying to decide.

Can I get your opinions on this?

I don't like cards, any cards. For me, it's creating paper rubbish and costing a lot of money.

We do Christmas Cards for elderly family members which are in a different country. We popped cards in for neighbours for several years but there was a lot of movement around us in the last 12 months and I don't talk to any of the new ones, so not 100% sure if I do a simple card.

We send emails with a picture to friends and family before Christmas and most of our friends do the same.

I only buy birthday cards for milestone birthdays and kids parties. Neither DD nor DH get a card as I find it strange giving cards to someone I live with.

I get that people find them a faff to do, but hating them is a little OTT.

I think I will just write Merry Christmas on my Facebook page and be done with it.

Oh, wait a minute. A lot of my friends don't use social media. Back to card writing I guess. A text just doesn't cut it for the people I send cards to.

It seems to be quite popular to say that you "hate" things when you are actually just talking about disliking them

I save some Christmas cards, plus birthday and anniversary ones and postcards from my MIL who is the last person I know who sent them. She doesn't get about much any more being 94 but there were two from Whitby and York which were very detailed in her tiny but completely legible handwriting.

They are in the same bag as my new ones so I saw them the other day when I picked some to send.

There was an anniversary one from my mum with two mice representing me and Mr Limited. The design was very much my mum but the fact that it was obviously quite expensive, or a waste of money in some people's eyes, was not. My mum was not known for wasting money but she was known for her generous spirit.

Anyway, I wouldn't part with it because now she's gone it reminds me of her and makes me smile and cry a bit every Christmas when I find it again. Plus it's got loads of glitter on it so is not recyclable.

If people deplore cards and throw them away as soon as they receive them that's fine. But some of us like them.

I’ve posted 5 cards to elderly family members and will give to the immediate neighbours most of whom are older people . I’ve bought 20 and expect to have some left . I would prefer not to do it at all and don’t do it for anyone I see and can wish Happy Christmas