Christmas card with no forwarding address

[zingally]

Just wondering what (if any) is the etiquette around this?

I moved into my current property in mid-September this year. I did the mail redirection service, which seems to have worked well at scooping up the few companies I'd forgotten to notify.
It would appear that the lady who lived her before me didn't do the same thing, as I've had a few bits of post for her - which all looked fairly junky. She didn't leave me any forwarding address. The only contact I ever had with her was via solicitors and estate agents.

Anyway, today I received a Christmas card in the post for her. I opened it up to see if there was a return address anywhere, but no.

Just bin it?

I would contact her solicitor and the estate agent to ask if they can give you a forwarding address. If they can't or won't then you have to jump NK it.

We've lived in this house for nearly 20 years and still get Xmas cards from "Pam, Bill and family" for the previous owners - no return or forwarding address. I just open them and put them up each time. They used to put in a round robin note so I feel I know them! Thanks P&B 😁

This happened to me, we just put it up with the others and looked forward to the one from Aunty Pat and Uncle Derek for several years! Felt a bit sorry as they obviously not privy to the previous occupants new address.

We had the same, annual Xmas and birthday cards addressed to the previous occupants. Sometimes they write things like "would really love to hear from you", we've been here 9 years. We just received one with their address in it for the first time. I'm not sure whether to write back and put them out of their misery.

Haha we got a card for several years too tho I think not last year. No address given. What a waste of time and money. If you don't know them well enough to know they moved abroad (!) 12 years ago you don't know them well.

I'd bin it Op.

Check with the neighbours to see if they've a forwarding address?

I used to get a card for the previous owners, for years, I used to just put it up.

We've been receiving xmas cards from someone called Lorraine for over 10 years now. There's always a message saying she hopes the previous owner of our house is well 🙄

ETA, the etiquette is that people should put a forwarding service in place when they move and tell their friends and family their new address!

This isn't helpful but still makes me laugh.

Years ago there was a MNetter who'd lived in her house for many years, but started to randomly get a Christmas card addressed to someone she'd never heard of.

She said it was a photo card of a 'fine looking family with a shock of red hair on all of them'.

None of the neighbours recognised them either, but she'd put the card up on the mantlepiece because after a few years, she felt like she 'knew' them and was comforted by seeing the kids grow up.

Still makes me chuckle now. I wonder if she's still around and still gets the yearly card? 🤣🤣

I had that years and years ago at a rented property.
A Christmas card appeared with an address on it, sent to someone named Roger. Based on the writing on the inside, it looked to be sent from an elderly person. I wrote to them explaining what I knew of the house and its occupiers, and politely wishing them all the best in tracking down Roger.

Thanks all.
I think I'm just going to put it up with my own cards and call it done. Honestly, I can't be bothered communicating with estate agents/solicitors over a Christmas card, and I don't feel like I owe the old owner anything.

But if anyone knows a Nes and Jeff who live in the Plymouth/Cornwall area, let me know! Most likely an older couple, 60+.