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

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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 usually send one to my DM’s elderly former cleaning lady (churchgoer and a thoroughly good, kind person) who was an absolute godsend when DM (no longer with us) had dementia, before she moved to a care home.

Only this year I clean forgot.😩
Only remembered - too late - when I saw Easter cards in the garden centre.

Normal if you’re religious. We used to get one from mil every year and she received a few from people at her church. Never sent one myself but have seen them in card shops and the supermarket.

It's not necessary to send Easter cards but it is nice. I receive and send a few, just a few, not like at Christmas, and they are much enjoyed. I also send/give a Passover card to Jewish friends which is near the same time.

My parents still do it. They are the only ones I know. They are Christian though.

I've never known anyone who receives or sends them, including myself.

I usually get one from a family member who is religious and usually comes with a longish message inside as we don't live anywhere near each other.

This year my best friend came over for coffee on Good Friday and bought me a card and also a large bunch of daffodils. She is not remotely religious but said she found a pack of cards she'd had a while so did one for me. So I got two cards this year.😀

A lot of older people still do, it was definitely a thing quite a few years ago before the internet and mobile phones.

I'm middle aged and I can remember making cards at school and receiving them so no, not a new thing.
The Easter Bunny seems to be taking over though. That seems more American to me...you know, in his little waistcoat and that. Bit too Disney for me.

I know of them but have never received one.

We used to get a few from the older women at church - Catholic. So they used to be a thing but religious rather than a general sending.

It's definitely not new, we used to send and receive them in the 60s when I was a child, we are not religious, probably another thing that will die out like Christmas cards.

I have 2 neighbours who send me one. I send a little card back to one as she lives alone and I know she loves receiving cards and to the other to thank her for the chocolate bunnies she always leaves on my doorstep on Easter Sunday (no kids at home)..

I've never given of received them but this year my lovely mum gave us and each of the children a (non religious) card.

I always recieve one from my grandparents. They are (Irish) Catholic and in their 80's, grandad almost 90. I get my 6 year old to make them a card every Easter/Christmas.

I send them to my mum because she loves Easter and my MIL too. That's it though and I don't get any back! I just like sending cards 😂

I always send a few, not many like at Christmas, and receive some. However, nobody is obliged to send cards for anything and they appear to be going out of fashion (especially amongst younger people), because of care for the environment which I do understand is admirable and important. I used to buy cards for every occasion wherever I went, therefore I do not need to buy another card, or gift wrap, for many years and my stack will probably outlive me :-).