to judge people who don't send charity Christmas cards

[AnyoneforTurps]

I totally understand if people can't afford /can't be arsed to send Christmas cards. But - if you are going to send them - why in the world would you enrich WH Smith or Paperchase when you could support a charity?

Checking a Pizza Hut receipt I noticed we had been charged 15p for 'A cup of Rice' . Presumably that was for charity. Then at Pets at Home asked me if I wanted to round up my purchase to the nearest £ for charity, and Homesense are always asking for money when I am paying. There's no escape.

I agree OP, I would rather have a 'thought about' charity card than a cheap one. I hate receiving flimsy cheap ;50 for 99p; style cards. Just makes me feel sad that people can't be arsed.

I got a bit of stick on another thread for sending hand chosen ones to close friends and being offended when I got one in a see through envelope and so flimsy it wouldn't stand up back from them.

I bought mine for 99p a pack from the card factory shop because I'm skint

I don't mind if you judge me though

Yabu. It is none of your business if or how people donate to charity.
I am always pleased that someone has written a card & posted it,very few people I know seem to do it anymore & just send a text/update fb which I think is not quite the same!

Oops, I nearly forgot for a whole half hour that Christmas is for rich smug people.

Nothing wrong with the card factory. I hand chose some 59p ones from there. They stood up, looked nice and the envelopes were fine. Their wine bottle bags are brilliant too.

I used to buy charity cards from a stall set up in a local town centre by small local charities. Unfortunately, I was no longer at work and had to look for something cheaper.

I try to buy cards with a slight connection to the true meaning of Christmas for me. There are so few available that I wait until after Christmas to buy for the following year. . Last January, I paid 75p for 15 cards depicting stained glass church wndows - 25% of the original price (Sainsbo's).

I am a right tightarse and buy loads of cards and wrapping paper half price after christmas, means I buy ones I wouldn't normally get!

I don't care if someone gives me a charity card or not, wouldn't bother me in the slightest!

Because some people just throw them in the basket when doing other shopping rather than going and searching out the most ethical cards, but still do donate to charity, but in a less "look at me, I'm far more caring than you! I gave to charity in a way that makes sure I can show all my nearest and dearest that I am a good person!"

We gave handmade by 23 month old DS Christmas cards this year, not sure what that says about us... (possibly that I'm an over-keen smug mother; oh judging people by their choice of cards is fun!)

i do a mix of cards i work for Haworth cat rescue so i buy some of thier cards for close friends (all profit goes direct to them) i buy hand picked ones for my children and their partners and cheap ones from asda for not so close but need to give a card to people

YANBU, although we seem to be in the minority on this thread OP!!

Why not support a charity at the same time as you buy your cards - I always check and it really annoys me when people don't do this. Oh yes I am very very judgy on this point. Even better buying directly from a charity shop. Christmas is so commercialised and I think making a little extra effort to support a charity with your cards is something anyone can do. Oxfam cards start at £1.99 for 20 and available on most High Streets so I don't think cost is the issue. And they are 100% recycled too.

I also buy cards from these people: www.sreepurcards.org/

Only acceptable exception IMHO is cards which have been designed by your dc, or personalised cards with family photos.

I buy charity cards directly from the shop and it is important to me as I don't give a lot to charity otherwise. I would rather send fewer cards than buy from Tesco. I wouldn't judge others though - people do give in other ways, and anyway you can't foist your beliefs on other people.

acceptable exception?

£2 to some people is the difference between a packet of cards and a loaf of bread

but don't let that get in the way of your smug christmas

If you can only afford cheap cards cheer them up like this

Anyway, I don't send cards because I am too lazy eco friendly, I judge all of you.

I judge you for being a deathly dull, holier-than-thou, utter bore.

And I'll be giving an actual proper, large (for my budget) donation in cash to a charity, as I do every Christmas. Will you?

yanbu I do this!

I buy the cheapest respectable looking cards I can find and give the resulting saving to charity of choice. That way the charity gets a decent amount of money. But to answer your question op, yabu, smug and a bit of a knob. Sorry.

I didn't like any charity cards that I saw and the charity I wanted to support did an e-card campaign which I didn't want to do as it wouldn't work for everybody we needed to send to. So we donated directly to the charity (an awful lot more than they would get from even directly bought cards) and bought the cards I wanted.

YANBU but maybe you (we) should just judge the ones that buy the cards from places like Next or Marks and Spencer...then we know that they deserve to be judged and it's not that they were saving up for bread.

yabu, and Plumbing new depths of things that MNers can hoick up their judgey pants about.

YABVU,and smug with it.

Why not skip the cards,and give the money you'd normally spend on cards to charity,if you're so concerned about charities?They'll earn more that way than they will if you purchase a pack of cards,and you can send some free e-cards.

For quite a few years I got illogically angry at people who sent me cards that were not Cancer Charity cards.

If you are going to send me a fucking card saying Happy Christmas at least give some money to Clic or TCT or something. It used to make me furious.

Like I said - illogical but that was the way I felt.