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?

Also none, unless I hand them out personally. I absolutely refuse to pay extortionate prices for stamps.

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Hate writing them and everyone gets a personalised message.
Love receiving them. 16 so far

We used to send about 200. Now they go to elderly relatives and friends of our age. It's way of keeping in touch with old friends. Connections.

We are mid 60s.

I doubt our DC will ever send a Christmas card except to their grandmothers on pain of death to profusely thank for £100 quid in lieu of presents

About 20. Half of what I used to send due to bereavements sadly. I love cards. I love post. I love handwriting. The fact that someone special took the time to choose something for you, sit and write it, trip to the post office. I also still write the occasional letter! I’m 59.

I've sent 20 this year, mostly posted to people I won't see and some to neighbours (at least those don't need stamps). The number is definitely dwindling over the years, due to losses and can't-be-arsedness.

I have a selection of cards from relatives who have died that I have kept and display every year to remember them.

I do this too, I have a box with cards we've been given in the past and of course some of the senders have since died. It's lovely to display those as part of my Christmas decorations and feel the fondness for the "absent friends".

None

The sodding postal service is on the blink!.

I’m with those who say losing this piece of wife work has been very liberating.

A few years ago I told DH I wouldn’t be wasting money on a card for some relatives if his whom I wouldn’t know if they were right in front of me. He commented, well, you might not get one from them then. Fine by me!

I whittled my list right down and now don’t send any at all. If I wanted to message I will send an email or text - it’s free and green.

I don’t even want to put up the cards I get - esp one from an old friend addressed to DH and his fancy woman - who lives at our house and oddly, has his initial! Not a card to me then!

None. I stopped a couple of years ago because of postage costs.

Skimming the thread I'd like to respond on behalf of non cardsenders (well this one anyway)

I don't like to receive them actually – they are wasteful IMHO so I would honestly rather get none. Happy to get an electronic happy Christmas message.

It's not smuggery, honest. It was a task that became a chore; then I realised (see my pp) that I was sending them to people I didn't care about at all. I really hate that kind of obligation – they sent me one so I have to send one back. How depressing.

And I don't agree that people take time to choose a card for me and time to write it. The vast majority of cards we would receive would say To Clary and family, love xyz friend. Or even just signed 'from xyz' and then a label stuck on the front. Could have been written in July. A card from a pack of 20 the same.

I mean people should do what they want, and if that's sending 50 cards, then fill your boots. But don't get at me or anyone else who chooses not to.

Zero. There's only Mum and my sister and me, and we haven't bothered for years. I don't do Christmas stuff at all.

I agree, I don't want cards (Christmas or birthday). I have nowhere to put them and yes, it's wasteful.

5 handed to family when exchanging gifts...gone are the days of giving to every neighbour in block of flats.

I will probably send 110.

I have no problem if people don’t want to send them in return to me, but it makes me sad to hear people actively dislike receiving them and find them wasteful. I hope that is not true of too many of my recipients. I always thought it was a nice way to show that I think of someone and consider them to still be part of my life even if I live far away or don’t see them often. It can be a chore to write and address them all but I like making the effort.

About 40 but over half of them hand delivered by DH on his bike. Used to be a lot more, but we've lost some elderly people, some have moved away. Now I don't work, most of those have gone.

It's dwindled down to about 20 this year. I feel sad as I absolutely love Christmas cards, one of the best things about Christmas imo.

I wasn’t going to send any but then felt guilty after receiving a couple and changed my mind. A few elderly friends and relatives still send them and I want to continue this exchange. I will send a few to neighbours as well, so altogether I imagine about twelve cards. Doesn’t seem many, however, there may be a couple more I’ve forgotten about last minute.

Long gone are the days of sending and receiving hundreds of cards which I’m thankful about really.

I haven't sent cards since I was at school in the 90s. Can't remember the last time I got one either.

I love sending and receiving cards, but, like many, I can’t justify the cost of stamps. My DP and I only send around five (my DM and her partner, my DF and his wife, DP’s parents and then a card to each other)

I’m going to send extra this year, people could do with a cheer up and I want to make sure no one feels forgotten

Wrote mine yesterday about 30 ( half to hand deliver half to post, 2nd class)
I receive fewer each year which I think is sad. When people say they aren't sending cards but will donate to charity I always ask which one? They never have an answer probably because they won't get around to making any donations. I do think it's sad that eventually cards will be a thing of the past. I'm 52 now but imagine being elderly and not even receiving Christmas card

I cut ours up for card making too!!

We sent around 60 this year. About half were hand delivered.

Most of our neighbours are of various religions that don't celebrate, but they love getting our cards. So I make sure to include them.

I sent 3 and DH sent 3 by post, early with second class stamps, I am hand giving 5 to family members

4 or 5

30 this year, I prefer to send 50 but ran out of time due to illness.

About 10 to post to relatives (older people who live a long distance away), 10 to neighbours, 25 to work colleagues + volunteers and one parcel to my cousin with a small gift for their DC. Oh and a massive parcel to send to another European country containing gifts for DC, their partner and their family which will cost about £50 in postage 😬