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Xmas cards 2021?

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Daisymae Wed 10-Nov-21 07:31:46

Sending cards as normal, family and close friends as opposed to everyone I've ever met. I nearly bought some more as they were so lovely but I just know that I have more than enough already. I also paint a few, which reminds me....... ?

Calendargirl Wed 10-Nov-21 06:57:12

I have cut down on cards, and hand out ones whenever I can to save postage.
Hate the thought of getting them written on, but not so bad once I get started,
Include a few letters to distant relatives.
A few less every year due to ‘natural wastage’.
They do look cheerful when hung up, I use them for shopping lists afterwards.

grandMattie Wed 10-Nov-21 06:32:17

I’ve stopped sending Christmas cards as I sometimes feel it’s competitive…
I have always, and have carried on, sent a letter to my uncles and aunts (all 16 of them all now deceased), family friends and real friends. I mail most of them these days as I find the cost of postage prohibitive. I don’t expect any cards but receive about 30.
I do make my own cards and have since I was a child.

notgran Wed 10-Nov-21 06:22:33

I still do cards and have always really enjoyed it. I also include a letter, which the year I stopped it lots of people queried why I wasn't doing it so I started doing them again. Feel free to judge me wink I have written nearly all my cards and have bought the special Christmas stamps. I have an address database so labels are printed with a Christmassy design and stickers are put on the envelope. Cards, stickers etc. are bought in Sales throughout the year. I actually had overbought over the past few years so yesterday went to a local Charity Shop with a tube of Christmas wrapping paper which I didn't want/need and a lot of Christmas cards. The CS Helpers were delighted. Picture of my cards and the lovely Christmas design stamps, ready to be united!

Nell8 Wed 10-Nov-21 06:15:56

I'm another Christmas card enthusiast and hope we'll receive a good selection again this year. I love the different designs and it's heartwarming to feel remembered. Although it's not a cheap exercise at least it helps keep the economy going!

BigBertha1 Wed 10-Nov-21 06:15:26

I still do Xmas cards....charity ones and special ones for the family.

Kim19 Wed 10-Nov-21 06:02:44

I still do cards and enjoy the practice. Far fewer nowadays as my friends and family have sadly depleted. Still receive them too and find that a decidedly pleasant contact.

BlueBelle Wed 10-Nov-21 05:56:55

Every year I make or paint all my cards it gives me pleasure and everyone seems to like them some friends have told me they always keep them
I love sending cards and I love receiving them it’s the one part of Christmas I enjoy it is definitely dying out the young don’t send cards at all and I think within about ten years it will be gone
I dislike e-cards you can’t hang them on the wall and somehow seem impersonal
It’s one tradition I will keep going until I can’t I still receive an send about 40 cards and I won’t stop
I don’t like this new way of ‘I m giving to charity instead’ you can still give to charity and send greetings
Yes postage is awful but I make allowances for it

I m sure most people will agree with you, not me, but there we go that’s my take and I m sticking to it ?

Calmlocket Wed 10-Nov-21 05:46:48

Stopped sending xmas cards years ago, well apart from my grandson whos now 7. When I moved into sheltered 7 years ago I got more xmas cards than Ive ever had in my life it seemed to be the thing round here. I never sent any so over the years the number of cards I recieved has gone down to zero! seems like they have the attitude that because I didnt send one back they stopped sending me one.

SuzieHi Wed 10-Nov-21 04:33:26

Wide awake so up in the night drinking tea & looking at gransnet- at 4.30am!
Last year we cut our Xmas card list drastically - only sent to aged/single friends & family.
Think with the Covid problems it all seemed so wasteful on paper, card, postage etc when charities were struggling so much.
We e mailed Xmas greetings to those we could & also explained we were making charity donations instead of cards. Didn’t want them to think we hadn’t just forgotten them or had run out of time! Sent a few free e cards too - to those I thought would like them.
Seems a bit sad to lose the tradition but will do the same this year.
What are other Grans doing?