To think Christmas cards are becoming a thing of the past.

[Star4120]

Hi all, bit of a random one.

I have fond memories of my grandmother (she is 80 and still does it now) writing hundreds of Christmas cards for friends, relatives, colleagues (now old colleagues) amongst others. She would literally have piles of them and equally she would have hundreds of cards around her front room at Christmas. She’s always laid them out so neatly but so many 😅

The only cards I seem to have in the house at Christmas are either from older relatives, immediate family and for the kids from the kids friends at school!

I don’t really exchange cards with any of my friends! I write them cards but many of them just don’t do it themselves (which is fine of course!)

So is it becoming more of an old fashioned thing to send cards to everyone you know?

I will be sending out cards to immediate family and a few elderly relatives or family friends as I know they really like it but other than that I probably won’t bother?

Aibu?

@BeingATwatItsABingThing

6)DH expressed that he thought we should continue sending them about five years ago .... he has written zero cards ever.

Are you married to my DH? He said he thought we should write cards last year. I told him to crack on if he felt so inclined. No cards were sent.

Yes I think I might be!! I told him to crack on.. he didn't 🤣🤣

I remember my mum working through her Christmas card list every year and sending our scores of them, and our living room was always full of cards on every surface and hanging off these special strings draped around the walls. I send 8, mostly to elderly relatives. I probably receive about 4.

(Mind you, I received 1 birthday card this year, from my Mum and Dad, so that’s a comparatively good Christmas haul).

I've stopped sending them. I do a generic Christmas Facebook post and donate to charity instead. What I have done this year, for the first time ever, is write a letter to my friends who live away. It's only a handful, and far more personal IMO.

I wonder if COVID will temporarily trigger a resurgence in letter writing? Muses off topic

@Notanothernamechanged101 & Boingy
Agreed. Glitter and random unrecyclables very irritating.

I've made a load this year as wasn't able to see family far away and won't till things are settled again. I love sending and receiving them

If you do receive cards through the post it is worth saving the stamps and giving them to a charity that collects them. The Leprosy Mission at Peterborough, where I send mine, make quite a lot of money from used stamps, and my local hospice does too.

@FatimaMunchy

If you do receive cards through the post it is worth saving the stamps and giving them to a charity that collects them. The Leprosy Mission at Peterborough, where I send mine, make quite a lot of money from used stamps, and my local hospice does too.

All year stamps? Might start doing that 😊

Every year on Christmas eve, my DD and I cut out all the cards weve recieved and make a collage from a charity shop frame. I then take a picture of her holding the frame in front of the tree. We store the frames in the loft and bring them down each year with the decorations. We started when she was 4 and shes now 11 so we have 7 frames each dated. Our friends and families know we do this so send cards to add to our collage.

Elderly relatives only now, and that list is getting shorter each year 😢
I order the ones that the kids design at school as they always get appreciated and are also recyclable after, although MiL keeps them all, bless her.
The kids like to do them for their class at school, but they are too young for messaging etc. I put a message on Facebook for friends.
The cost of stamps is significant, each year I keep a list of who I’ve sent to and received from - not so much because I don’t want to waste the money, but if they don’t post back it probably indicates that they aren’t bothered about receiving a card either.

YANBU. I volunteer in a charity shop and have done for about 5 years - every year we sell fewer and fewer despite the shop's sales increasing overall. In January this year we had so many left over.

I don't send any either. Waste of card, waste of postage, waste of money.

I only send them to far-flung relatives and friends now. 30max. Anyone I'm likely to see in person around December doesn't get one. Who has the time? Isn't that what FB/ Instagram is for now?

I love to send and receive them, same with birthday cards. I write a short letter in each, personal to the person I'm sending to. To me, it's a way of showing that you care about someone and you've taken the time to think about them. I do feel a bit sad that I don't receive as many as I used to. A text message or a group tag on a facebook status means nothing to me.

Yeah, I stopped about five years ago. A relief frankly, and I honestly don’t think anyone has noticed. We still get some, and I put them up, but they do seem to be dying out.

tobedtoMNandfart yes. They don't have to be special ones.

I only send out about 10 max to close friends and family. And often if I see them in December I’ll give them to them in person anyway. I only receive roughly the same amount back.
I think many people still enjoy writing cards and may continue, but the days of writing dozens to everyone you’ve ever met seem to be a thing of the past.

We’ve lived in our house for 4 years now and every December we receive a Christmas card envelope addressed to a family we don’t know. And we know the names of the previous occupiers who were here for about 2-3 years, so these people must’ve lived there 6-7 years ago at least.

I don’t know how close you can be to someone whose address you haven’t checked in 6 years!

I think because the stamps are so expensive that doesn't help

Guaranteed they'll have a renaissance this year cos we can't see folks because of covid

Didn't even bother putting up the ones I received last year. I'll send a few to older people who might be disappointed not to receive one; otherwise, I can't be bothered. And I'm not making any virtue-signalling announcement about donating to charity either!

You cant put a text up on the mantelpiece.

@MistyGreenAndBlue

You cant put a text up on the mantelpiece.

Amen!

@FatimaMunchy

tobedtoMNandfart yes. They don't have to be special ones.

👍

I love Christmas cards.

They remind the recipient that they are not forgotten, allow for a personal message, make a great addition to Christmas decorations and make receiving the post much more enjoyable for a couple of weeks. An e-card just doesn't cut it for me.

However, I do think they are dying out which is a shame. What other small gesture can make the recipient feel so loved?

Better not lick the envelopes this year!

I love sending cards and receiving them but the numbers I get have dwindled so drastically that I might not bother this year, except for the few surviving elderly relatives who still expect them. It’s sad, I like the tradition but agree it’s an unnecessary waste of resources.

I would have agreed with you this time last year. However I'll be sending Christmas cards to family and friends I haven't been able to see this year.

It will make a change from digital, which I'm sure people have seen enough of this year and I'll buy handmade so that will be supporting local artists

This year I'm sending them, I dont usually, but honestly I think its lovely to receive a card through the letterbox instead of a bill!

I want everyone who's made a difference to me this year to know that I'm thinking of them.
Definitely less Bah humbug!