Xmas cards 2021?

I’m reducing my cards this year as so many in past years were from DH’s old colleagues and those he knew through his sports - so just my family, friends and neighbours this year. Most will be delivered by hand, but as I’ve suggested in the past on GN - add a book of stamps to the weekly shop - it’s hardly noticed and saves a fright at the Post Office later.

I send charity Christmas cards to help fund and publicise my chosen charity. I do like to receive cards as they form part of my Christmas decorations stood on the window ledge.

For dh’s remote work colleagues and our football players we sent e-cards from Jacqui Lawson. It would be way too expensive otherwise and for some we only have email addresses. We will do the same this year I expect.

I always buy charity cards and although I never relish the tedious job of writing them I do love receiving them and reading about what friends in other parts of the country have been up to over the year.
I do appreciate folk for making the effort to write, queue up for stamps and post cards to me, knowing the effort involved.

I also love to see them displayed around the house as part of the Christmas decorations.

Just bought ours from the charity shop, I check they’re recyclable, ours get hung up and are part of the decorations, I love them.

We buy charity Christmas cards too.It’s a bit of a chore writing them but we love receiving them!

Sadly the passage of time has reduced my Christmas card list to sending only about seven now. Most of my family and friends have died so I don’t receive many either.
But each year I delight in choosing the most beautiful cards I can find, and I buy them and decorate the lounge with them. They may all be blank but nobody notices ! Then I keep them and put them up with the new ones the next Christmas. It always cheers me !

Mine are written, stamped and ready to pop in the postbox second week in December. We all lead such busy lives these days so i find this once a year contact most welcome.

I send about 30 cards each year and will continue to do so. This is often the only contact all year with some of the recipients. We buy charity cards and it’s worth the price of the stamps to keep in touch with friends and distant family members.

I stopped sending them years ago, and it was such a relief!
It does look a bit miserable in mine, though, all card-free and bland.

We have been considering for a few years whether to continue with cards; I have a huge family, and keep in touch with most of them regularly, so this year we won't be sending. As birthdays have come along I've enclosed a note to say we're donating to charity. I will send a jolly 'ecard' to everyone that I can, but the amount usually spent on postage and cards will go to a local charity.

I was saying to my husband I am limiting my cards this year. I always try to get cards suitable for the person/s intended. The absence of Christmas cards this last few years quite frankly upset me.

If people didn’t want to queue during COVID for cards or stamps that’s understandable. Even if they thought stamps are now too expensive that’s ok but “couldn’t be bothered” is no excuse.

I queued up so I could send my family and friends at least a lovely card knowing we couldn’t see them at the time. I will not be doing it again for some who couldn’t be bothered. I won’t be sending e mails or e-cards either it’s Christmas worthy of a nice card. I also think this once a year contact with people you don’t see a tradition and we live only once.

I can't be bothered.
It's the only excuse I have, and true.
I'm a miserable old bat, I know, but there it is.

I love sending and receiving Christmas cards - it's the only way I keep in touch with some people. I do make a point of buying charity cards - it helps if you think you are contributing in a little way. Also agree that displaying them makes the house look cheerful and colourful.

I don't want any e-cards!!!

My mum's living room used to look beautiful at Christmas, with cards from everyone she kept in touch with all hanging up.
All the "tacky ones" too.
Across the miles.
From our house to yours.
To a wonderful neighbour...

Just bought some ‘tacky’ ones from Tesco?……if you buy 3 you get the 4th free…..

I still send them but the list gets shorter. I do try to hand them over if I can, I think the price of stamps is too high.

I always send charity cards and I like cards with a nativity scene, Madonna and child, or 3 wisemen. I rarely get a card with a reference to the nativity or similar.

I have arthritis in my hands, not sure how long I will be able to actually write cards.

We still send Christmas cards, I think they add to the festive feel. The ones we receive are blu-tacked to the doors in the hall, saves having to pick them up to dust!
I usually make all our cards to send,about 40 in total, roughly half to post, half to hand deliver (silent postman).
This year, however, we lost my lovely mum in June, and although I am looking forward to Christmas, I've lost a bit of my momentum. So, for the first time in years, I've bought some cards, instead of making them. They are written, and stamped where required, and will be posted on December 1st, or hand delivered that week.
Hopefully next year I will have my full Christmas mojo back, and will be making my cards again!
Take care everyone x

I do hope you manage to have a happy christmas, Lindapat.
Raise a glass (or a mince pie) to your dear mum.

This card sums up my cynical approach to the whole thing.

I hate the idea that people feel less cared for if they don't get many cards, or that others feel that they have to spend money on boosting the profits of the manufacturers so they don't get judged by those who see cards as important.

Cards must cost a tiny percentage of the selling price, and the rest is profit or marketing. I can deal with that, but not when it causes people to be upset if their families don't choose to play ball.

I expect charities don’t get much from the sale of cards but I always buy them both to support my favourite charities and to spread the word about what they do, for instance SPANA which is dedicated to the care of working animals and teaching their owners how to care for them and educating children on animal welfare. For someone who’s never owned or even ridden a horse I support quite a lot of equine charities as horses and their kin are so much abused here and across the world. Sorry I have gone off topic!

I think individual schools do quite well by selling children's designs as cards. Last year I bought DGC's works of art at their new school.

Guess in 10 years time Xmas cards may be a thing of the past. Over the years I have kept the most beautiful cards sent to us as I couldn’t bear to throw them away. They’re in one of the Xmas decoration boxes so it’s lovely to get them out each year and use them as decorations.
I’ve done the same with birthday cards over the years - only close family ones. Each person has a special “pack” which are present to the birthday person in their birthday! All get read again & go on display for a few days. Lovely to look back at the ones sent over the years especially ones DD chose & sent when young.

We are all different. I love it when I take them down and send them to recycling.

I hate clutter.

We’ll be writing our usual 70, and will enjoy the sending and receiving.