How many Christmas cards are you sending this year?

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Precisely zero here.

I used to send one to an elderly aunt who is no longer with us so this year I am not sending any at all.

I have received one card from a cousin and one from the hairdressers!

Anyway it’s a relief so I’m not sorry the days of sending about fifty are gone plus I wouldn’t be able to afford it any more!

Am I typical? Are you sending any cards this year?

None. Not sent any for a few years now.

We get a handful of cards. And I must admit I hate them. Often can't be recycled and just clutter up the place.

My partner moaned when I stopped writing and sending cards. But I just pointed out he was more than welcome to buy, write and send any he thought were important. That didn't happen. My mil made comment that year too about lack of cards. And I told her the same. Her son was free to send them. It just put more stress on me at a very stressful time of year . Was very freeing!

6 to family and neighbours... 40 for my x work. However I will here explain I worked in retirement until November 1st so this year I still gave all my residents a Christmas card. Next year it will be 7 in total.

About 7. I only send to people of an age to still enjoy cards in the post and who I know like to display them on their mantlepiece.

None so far, will probably end up sending about 10.

It’s a tradition I am pleased to see on it’s way out (I know, bah humbug, but it’s one I won’t miss)

1. One to an elderly friend of the family and one to my oldest friend who doesn't spend much time on the internet. Everyone else gets a WhatsApp.

About 30-40 to post and about 10 to deliver by hand. I’m officially old according to this MN thread. Recycling issues notwithstanding I do think it’s a shame this tradition has died out. Similarly our nearest big town has abandoned having a big real Xmas tree in favour of a selection of small wooden ones that are vaguely tree shaped and which they bring out every year. Very boring.

I've bought one pack to send to elderly relatives / distant cousins type people. I'm not sending them to people I see in person or communicate with regularly.
It's not so much the cards but the price of stamps is ridiculous these days and they only end up in the recycling bin in 2 weeks time.

I've received one so far, btw, from the elderly friend.

DD is sending four.

It definitely dying out.

Actually sending only two. Otherwise you'll get a card if I can hand deliver it. I've had far less cards this year and I'm fine with that. The cost is prohibitive!

Maybe 1, to an elderly aunt. I have so far received 6, including 2 from children, amd two from the same relative who obviously got her list in a muddle! I do. However try to send an individual personal message to people I would have sent a card to, via WhatsApp, messenger etc.

I send to older relatives (those who are left!) and those relatives I won't see over Xmas. I've kept a list over the last 5 years and we have received a lot less cards from friends since covid/stamp price hikes. If we don't hear from someone they get deleted from the list so probably send 20 cards max now and post a whatsapp mssg to various groups/family who live overseas.

DDs generation don't send cards at all, just Xmas whatsapp.

I love Xmas cards! I love writing and receiving them. I enjoy reading them after Xmas and cut them up for make thank you cards. I can remember when my mum used to send (and receive) over 200!

The amount I send decreases ever year but I have just posted 30 incl 3 overseas and will hand deliver/see in person another 15. As someone else said it is perfectly possible to send cards and contribute to charity.

This thread piqued my interest so I have just checked the numbers on my current list:

2 to family in Australia
1 to a friend in the USA
8 to UK family who live hundreds of miles away
10 to UK friends as above
12 to neighbours that we post by hand

So 33 in total but I have some in hand to send in case anyone from my previous work (I retired this year) sends me one. I like to reciprocate as I think cards are still a lovely tradition.

One friend in particular writes a lot in her card and I look forward to it every year. As a PP said, I also reread them when I take them down in January and recycle some of them as gift tags.

I notice my list of family to send to gets shorter each year and that's sad but inevitable. The younger ones in our family don't seem to bother with cards at all but a WhatsApp message doesn't have the same sentiment for me

None. I gave a donation to a small local charity instead.

None via post but I will give one to my Mum, one to my best friend and I hand them out to my customers throughout December

Well, there's all the moaning but people do actually like to receive cards. Sadly, many Brits can't enjoy life. It's jolly expensive now but worth people's joy, I think.
I'll be reciprocating since those are the people who think it matters. I'll also send a few that I think matter. Stamps are expensive but they are a social.
DH and I used to send about 60 total to both sides of the list but many have chosen to donate and then send an e-card or, sadly, have died.
Not sending cards is giving up ...

One. To MIL in care home.

Just written my list and 24 - mix of older relations, old friends who don't live locally. I love getting them.

It is dwindling though - my parents used to get and give over 100.

I hand delivered 6 yesterday to the neighbours who still drop them in to us.

That's it. I don't post any and will be sending no more. I stopped that malarkey years ago and it is very liberating. DH wants to send a couple to his elderly aunts but is so far showing no signs of getting round to it.

Sending dozens of cards used to be wife work in our house. Not anymore. DH was horrified when a few years ago I said I would no longer be doing it. He swore blind that he would write and send them all. Guess what!! He never did. 🙄🤣

I’ve sent 6 to elderly relatives and received zero.

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I’ve sent 30 this year, it was so expensive! But I like to receive cards and see them around the house over Christmas and think of the people who sent them, I hope people feel the same when they receive mine! I have a selection of cards from relatives who have died that I have kept and display every year to remember them.

Between 40-50. Although I am stopping sending to people who don't send to us. And making an effort to drop them off when I see people to save on the stamps!

About 40. But whoa I was shocked at £2.80 for a stamp to EU!
I've only received one this year but I've only just sent mine myself - used to get loads but I think I got less than 20 last year. A few people send e-cards.

We got some printed out from my son's school. We gave 10 at a recent family gathering and I'll be returning a handful but not sending any others. Postage prices are ridiculous