to be a bit sad that Christmas cards are going out of fashion

[Daisysbear]

I don't seem to get that many any more. Lots of people just send a text or an email.

AIBU to think loads of cards on the mantle piece look really Christmassy and texts and messages just aren't the same?

I stopped sending Christmas cards in 2006, best decision I ever made. Cards are a great idea if you are living in Victorian times but tbh I think there are better methods of communication these days.

This is when I like photo xmas cards. If you're going to do it at least make it personal.

But ticking names off a list is silly.

I like them and I give them. I find we are getting very few back and this annoys me tbh. I make the effort to give them to my friends and family, it would be nice to have the same thought back. But then I know a lot of thoughtless people so I put it down to that. 1 friend gave me a birthday card this year. 1. I was genuinely touched. I didn't get a single card from siblings or any family except DH, DCs and GPs. Facebook messages and texts are lazy cop outs.

I love them - I mainly keep in touch with people by email and text, so it's really nice to have something handwritten and personal. It's the one time of year when the post is nice instead of just rubbish bills!

It's lovely. Don't be so miserable! [santa]

We play a game involving Christmas cards (finding something that starts with each letter of the alphabet, key is to find something noone else has). If people stop sending them that will be the end of a great tradition for my family :(

I love Christmas cards I took advantage of Black Friday to get 50% off at Bonusprint for our family cards and they are going to be AWESOME

I also love getting them from others and displaying them.

Christmas baby! [santa]

Sucking, I'm a lot less miserable since I stopped writing out boring old Christmas cards.

Fair enough.

Luckily I know loads of lovely people who love writing cards and receiving them! Long may it last. I just send to a select number (as it is pricey, I agree); it's nice to do something that doesn't involve a flaming keyboard, frankly.

I bloody hate e-cards, awful tacky crap.

i have to send 30 this year. the stamps cost about 16 quid

When I say 'loads' I don't mean hundreds and I do send and received less than when I was in my early 30s. I think as life goes on the number of cards drops. But it is all about quality, not quantity.

I love Christmas cards.

Can't stand boasty "round robin" letters though!

I know someone who not only buys her cards in the January sales, but writes and addresses them as well (on the basis that she is less busy at that time of year).

To me that sums up the idiocy of Christmas cards - there is no real thought, you are just working your way through a list. If there are people you genuinely care about you see/email/speak to them anyway and can pass along greetings. If there are people you don't care about enough to have seen/spoken to for years, then why does sending a card represent thinking about them?

Christmas cards are lovely! They are for the people who you wouldnt give gifts to (either not immediate family or too far to post) but you still want to send something to show you care.

And for all those saying they will just go in the bin I am guessing you dont have a christmas tree, any paperchains/ non reuseable decorations?! Do you not wrap your presents? There is a whole lot of waste associated with Christmas, and tbh cards are the very least! especially as I often save them as they mean so much to me. About the most meaningful, treasured thing I have is a christmas card from my grandmother the year she passed away, likewise a birthday card from my mother who died a year ago.

And for those saying go out and buy a packet for decoration, are you kidding? That is really, really not the point. They are not just a decoration, they are as important as the gifts, they represent friendship and the best wishes you want to send to relatives/friends, and those that (hopefully) they want to send back to you.

I buy cards direct from a charity that means a lot to me. So I know that by doing that I am helping them a little bit too. I look forwards to being able to send them on the 1st December, and I hope that those receiving them have a little smile when they open them.

I don't see Christmas cards as "wasteful", after all they do have a purpose which is to spread joy/friendship/good wishes to other people. Quite a good and decent purpose for something which can, also, be recycled afterwards.

I often wonder whether people who don't send Christmas cards for reasons of "waste" really make the effort to avoid buying anything made of paper or card the rest of the year, from magazines and birthday cards to a pack of sandwiches or coffee in a cardboard cup.

I like them and send them, nice to receive but most people don't do them now. But it isn't tennis, you don't have to return serve.

given what people will spend on useless tech, stinking toiletries and silly outfits, I don't think it is the cost of the stamp that is the issue!

I must admit I open cards, read cards, recycle cards. They stay in my house for about a day. I haven't bought any for years until this year as DS is at school and I understand its nice for them to write cards to each other.

This is going to be my first year not sending cards (only sending to people not on social media/email). I'm doing it for cost and to cut down on waste. I'm mainly using up last year's cards and the last of the wrapping paper. When we run out of that we will do what we did a few years ago and use newspaper or magazines. It was great fun choosing a headline that either suited the recipient or the gift. Wrapped in red fabric ribbon (reusable) it looked quite good.

I also like the packs of Celebration chocolates rather than a tub. I've really been trying to cut down on buying the waste in the first place this year. Mind you DH's preference for a newspaper rather than online news is one I'm still working on.

Out of fashion? Must be time for me to start writing them again - ta OP.

I no longer do them anymore because the cost of postage is so high. Even second class.

A couple of years ago I had a large box of about 30 or more bought for a couple of quid. Posting them all to various places (a few overseas too) cost near to £20 if I remember rightly.

That did it for me, and I now only send a handful - to close family whom we won't be seeing over Christmas. We receive a dwindling number each year too.