Xmas cards 2021?

I love sending and receiving Christmas cards. I enjoy displaying them to decorate my living room. It is a good way of keeping in touch with people who have been an important part of my life, for example school friends, college mates and past colleagues. E cards just don’t give me the same pleasure.
As others have said, I also give to charities at Christmas and I buy charity cards. I would be very sad to see the tradition dying out.

My list for Christmas cards has reduced mainly because several of my aunts (all widows) have died over the last few years and I only send cards to some of my cousins that I have always got on well with .
I did actually send out more cards last year - I hand delivered cards to all of the neighbours in my road - many have lived there as long as I have and several are now elderly so after the lockdown many felt isolated - just wanted to let them know that there was still life outside their 4 walls !

I love to send and receive cards but this year I’m only going to send to those who took the time to send me one. It costs a lot of money for cards and postage and if some of my extended family can’t be bothered then it’s time for me to not be bothered as well.

I,m sending cards and I love receiving cards .
It shows people that you are thinking of them even if it’s just at Christmas.
Families and friends tend not to have as much contact now , sending a card in this time of loneliness and isolation can mean everything.
A simple small , written note can brighten anyone’s day .

I did the same as you last year SuzieHi. Then as this year has gone on and we have all continued to see fewer people, I have had second thoughts on it, and reinstated all on to my Christmas card list again!! I am going to send my cards out right at start of December, and put in a wee friendly note saying that on reflection I feel sending cards is almost now more important than it was. I donate a lot to charities near to my heart all year round and at Christmas and can still do that. People are really important in my life!!

I haven't done cards for many years now, I started getting really irritated by all the time spent writing them and then worrying about missing anyone out & I really didn't like them hanging about the house collecting dust either so I thought why do it and one year I just stopped. I speak to the people I care about all time now we've got the internet & phones etc so for me it's just not needed. I'm not a Christmas hater, I love it, I just don't like the card clutter & so when chatting about Christmas prep I would mention it & asked everyone not to send to me anymore as I didn't want them. It took a few year to get through to some but now I don't get any, hooray!

I'm sending the usual amount of Christmas cards that I send every year - don't see the need to chsnge. I love getting cards through the post and hanging them up and making my home look festive.

We stopped sending cards a few years ago. Current technology overtook the need for them. They were supported by Royal Mail at their inception to get people using the postal system. The price of stamps was becoming too much.
Instead……we sponsor a dog for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Much better use of our money. All in the true spirit of Christmas.

I thought even letters and cards had to be weighed these days, I didn't realise you could still buy books of stamps! ?
Don't even ask where on earth that thought came from? But I did send to aged relatives last year, I just sent them off to the PO with him indoors with other stuff that had to go there, and assumed they'd all been weighed accordingly!!
I have just a few stragglers left up north, luckily quite favourite aunts and cousins and an old school friend that I do love to send cards to, with a little letter to let them know we are all still here and still thinking about them!
Then it's just close family and friends down here (Isle of Thanet, in Kent), especially the grandchildren.
I do love to receive actual cards, as someone said, they add the atmosphere to Christmas!

We send cards
I love it. Our list is incredibly long and costs a fortune, but it brings me joy

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

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

I hate clutter.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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...

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!!!

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 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.