To be pissed off with people saying 'I am not sending any Christmas card this year, I am donating the money to charity.'

[chrisinthesun]

Just admit you can't be arsed to send any.

And is the charity you are supposedly donating to, going to go wild about the 1.99p it would have cost for a box/pack of 50 Christmas cards? 🙄

I suppose some people will come on here and say they send at least 2 dozen cards out by post/abroad etc, and that costs them £50-60 in postage, but most people don't do this. Most people just send them to neighbours, close family, acquaintances, and work colleagues.

As I said, just admit you can't be arsed, and bore off with the sanctimonious 'I am not giving out any Christmas cards this year, I am giving the money to charity' line. (I bet most people who say this, don't even give anything to charity 'instead of sending out Christmas cards.')

@buzzlightyearsbumchin tag didn't work.

I struggle more and more with cards. They used to be for far off folk but that's to social media Im regularly in touch anyway. I do try though to send to older people who may appreciate them more.
And as fir round robins - I think they've also put me off!

I don't send cards, because quite frankly, I don't have time to fuck about writing them or sending them. I donate to charity instead because I think Christmas cards and stamps are a complete waste of money.

I tell people I'm doing it so that they a) don't expect a card and b) a charity close to my heart can use the money more efficiently.

Do I give a shit about what other people think of my choice? No.

Buzz I'm so sorry for your loses.

oooooh op, thank god you came along to inform us plebs about this!! we are al falling at your feet with enlightened gratitude now

not

And it's absolutely not laziness. I love Christmas cards but I also love the environment so I don't add to mail freight and waste paper.

I LOVE Christmas cards and I love writing, sending and receiving them.

As for environmentalism? I have no children, I recycle, I'm a vegetarian, I drive an electric car, I WORK in renewables FFS. I'm allowed one splurge.

I couldn't give a fancy f*ck if other people don't want to 'do' cards, but please, withhold your ridiculous virtue signalling.

I'm not a person of faith these days, but I was brought up Church of Scotland, and I believe that righteous dude Jesus said that, when it comes to charity, 'the right hand shouldn't know what the left hand is doing', i.e. don't splash it all over SM.*

• And yes, I AM aware of the hypocrisy of this post, but at least I can hide behind anonymity.

I don’t send Christmas cards. Frankly can’t be arsed and think they’re a waste of time and resources. I do double my monthly charity donation at Christmas (give £50 instead of £25) but it’s not in lieu of Christmas cards.
Couldn’t care less what other people do though 🤷🏻‍♀️

I only give cards to older relatives who would be upset if I didn't, so about 3-4 cards. I don't bother for everyone else and if I get given any I say thank you but apologise and explain that I don't send cards. It's up to them if they want to keep giving them but I'm not bothered about cards.

You can dismiss it as virtue-signalling if you like, but if I'm paying for a decent Christmas dinner for 5 homeless people and a whole lot of stray animals to have full bellies instead of writing eleventy billion Christmas cards that are contributing to the destruction of our environment, then I'm ok with that.
Not sure why you've got such a bee in your bonnet about it, but there you go.

Well the upshot is, some people think it's a damn lame excuse, so it's not just me.

Oh and I don’t tell people about my charity donations, why would they care?
People get far too invested in what other people do or don’t do.

don't do it if you don't want to
I like getting and giving cards (I buy charity cards AND I give to charity, aren't I great )
I really don't think the environmental impact of cards is a significant factor, and I'm as green as they come. Old chirstmas cards are recycled as gift tags for next year, note cards (if not too christmassy) sent to a charity that can recycle them or if all else fails, go in my recycling bin. Compared to the amount of paper/card that is usually in my bin, christmas cards are a trivial amount. A nice christmas card especially with a few lines of news from someone you don't otherwise hear from- that brightens my day.

I tend to agree - just say I don’t want to send cards ?
No one says I’m not having turkey, crackers alcohol and donating the money to charity. It’s just the tedious job of writing cards that merits that .

Also sorry for your losses Buzz. X

...And I hope the OP makes a more heartfelt personal message to you. Deeply shocked by the earlier message.

chrisinthesun you should be mortified, your apology does not cut it. Horrible person.

Well said @ThistleAmore

It IS virtue signalling at its finest!

I don’t do cards and I do donate. We always buy a goat or 2 from oxfam and usually a couple of other bits as well. I just don’t have the energy to spend writing and posting cards and truthfully think they are a waste of time and reaources.

I'd rather see virtue signalling than someone with a total lack of self awareness or empathy.

it's a damn lame excuse

Why do you need an excuse? Send Christmas cards. Don't send Christmas cards. I don't care either way. I don't send any but don't feel that I have to have an "excuse" for my choices.

@soydora

why tell anyone about your charity donations?

Exactly!

Hate it when people just HAVE to blather on about what they have to charity yawn... It's like when people do things (like take part in events) for charity, and bang on about it. Does my head in.

I donated £20 each to three different charities instead of sending Christmas cards last year. Not a huge amount I know but more than just a couple of quid...

I wonder why so many people can't be arsed to send the op cards - she seems so lovely!

It's pure laziness

Yeah I agree. People should at least admit it

so you're so lazy you can't be arsed to read posts on a thread you started but feel entitled to call other people lazy.

Oooookay then...

Yeah fuck charity. Charity wankers.

Bunch of self serving shite charity is.

Couldn't agree more @glagdy

Most charities ARE self serving and pointless.