To think it’s not normal to send an Easter card?

[Alarmfiasco]

Every year we get one from MIL but I have never sent one back. Prior to meeting DH I didn’t realise Easter cards even existed. MIL is very religious. She is not at all close to DH and rarely contacts us/ shows very little interest in us throughout the rest of the year, so I find it a bit hypocritical. So are Easter cards a thing?

I had a lovely Jaquie Lawson e card from someone this morning, was a nice thing to open first thing.

@Alarmfiasco

This is news for me, I thought it was and Americanism and another way for shops to make money. Have they always been a thing?

What has it got to do with America ?

Some people are card senders on an industrial scale. We have a family member who sends cards for things I didn't even know thy made cards for. I recognise it as the way she expresses she is thinking of us. I'm not sure in what way it could be called hypocritical.
"The public at large" haven't generally sent cards at Easter.
Of course Easter is an incredibly important time of year for Christians, so again, I'm not sure why you would think it odd that a Christian is sending Easter cards.

I am religious. I send to my religious friends only (and they send back). I don’t send them to people that don’t celebrate. But in Christianity Easter is more important than Christmas, so yes, I send them.

Oh we have historically done Easter presents within the family. But it’s DS first Easter and I totally forgot 🤦‍♀️

I've said yanbu. I am religious but don't send cards at easter. I don't send them at Christmas but that's because I think they are pointless but at least a fine recognised thing then.

Of course it's bloody normal. What a silly thread.

You sound miserable @Alarmfiasco If you CBA then don't bother, but if others want to, then let them be! Easter cards wouldn't be for SALE if it wasn't normal to send them!

Of course they're a thing, the shops are full of them!

Of course they're a thing...
they're to send instead of the New Year Card that you meant to send because you were too disorganised to send a Christmas Card

I often use Easter to get in touch with people I've not seen or been in contact with for a while.

We always send them and have done for years!

IMO it’s not ‘normal’ to have never heard of Easter cards, OP.

My mum always sends an Easter card. She is a church elder and has sent cards since I was little girl. Many years ago now!

Normal in my family and friends. I never realised it wasn't a thing

@Alarmfiasco was, I suspect, hoping for a MIL/catching religion outcome to the thread. Shame that didn't quite work out.

We get one each year from a relative. She always writes a religious verse on it which I have no idea of and then she writes, let Jesus into your life. We’re not religious, she knows that, but she sends it anyway so I just put it in the recycling. I don’t know anyone else that sends them other than kids that have made them at school.

I don't find it strange at all. Just as I don't find it strange what other religions celebrate. We should respect all religions whether we agree with them or not.

they're to send instead of the New Year Card that you meant to send because you were too disorganised to send a Christmas Card

I just text. 😬😂

[quote 100problems]**@Alarmfiasco was, I suspect, hoping for a MIL/catching religion outcome to the thread. Shame that didn't quite work out.[/quote]
Agree. The OP was hoping for a religion bashing thread - or as you say, a MIL bashing one.

Epic fail @Alarmfiasco

Yes, they are a thing...but none of my family have ever done it & it isn't my thing so I won't ever be doing it either. I find the Xmas card list enough of a chore...

We get a card from two different friends, both of them very religious. We don't send one back as we're not religious, but it doesn't bother us to receive them.

I find the Xmas card list enough of a chore...

I don’t send those either. 😮

Agree. The OP was hoping for a religion bashing thread - or as you say, a MIL bashing one
But a particular religion one as is the norm.

Agree. The OP was hoping for a religion bashing thread - or as you say, a MIL bashing one.

I didn’t get that vibe at all from OPs post. It is unusual that MIL doesn’t bother much all year with them and then sends an Easter card.

As a child I used to receive a £25 cheque for Easter from very elderly relatives who didn't at Christmas and birthdays so definitely a thing.

@britneyisfree

As a child I used to receive a £25 cheque for Easter from very elderly relatives who didn't at Christmas and birthdays so definitely a thing.

They sent a cheque at Easter, but not Christmas and birthdays? How odd.

@crepesncream

Agree. The OP was hoping for a religion bashing thread - or as you say, a MIL bashing one But a particular religion one as is the norm.

Yeah this. Some people DO love to bash Christianity. The same insufferable individuals never seem to attack any other religion though. Funny that.

I have also noticed the smug and insufferable 'I never send cards' brigade never fail to emerge on these kind of threads. Like they're a better person somehow because they don't send greetings cards.

I know a few type of smug virtue-signallers like this in real life.