Are you sending and receiving as many Christmas cards ?

I haven't sent cards for the last 5 Christmases since dh died.
I still rec some but not a many and to be honest I'm not really bothered as I see most of the people anyway.

The cards are cheap enough to buy but the cost of stamps is horrendous, I would rather put the money towards the food bank etc etc

I still buy cards for dds and gss and my mum and dad.

I have had less than a quarter of my usual amount of cards this year. And I haven't been on a friend dumping rampage or anything like that ?

I have also sent roughly half my usual amount.

I think they are out of favour and your recent bereavement is a coincident.

That said, despite cutting right back on cards in general, I made sure I wrote to those who were recently bereaved.

I am sending and receiving fewer cards each year, I've found. People I knew years ago but never see now and who only ever sign a name in their card have gradually fallen by the wayside. It seems a pretty pointless exercise, really.

On the other hand, I was very pleased to receive two cards today from people whose health has been precarious, so that's the up side.

I suppose I post about 50/60 cards and receive the same, which is down by about a third on ten years ago. My mum always gets loads, though, and she's 91! Mind you, she talks to any-and-everyone she meets so she probably knows the entire population of her town.

I don't send/ give cards to anyone I see on a daily/ weekly basis. I just wish them Happy Christmas when I see them.

We still send nearly 70 cards though

Oh yes definitely down this year. Whilst I like seeing the cards up, we both find writing and sending them an absolute chore. I think at one time when my husband was still working we'd have well over a hundred, on retirement it was around 70, now it's down to roughly between 50 and 60 which is the number we send out. My husband still gets cards from a handful of clients who he has maintained a relationship with, I could well imagine not getting such cards if he was no longer here.

I would also add that our adult children who have established their own households don't send cards, they never got into it, in spite of having a wide circle of friends, far wider than ours quite honestly. I think card sending will eventually die out, the younger generations don't communicate with each other in this way and keep up with acquaintances who they don't see for various reasons, in other ways, hence there is little need to reaffirm the relationship annually by way of a Christmas card.

I didn’t notice last year as the “sympathy” cards were coming in, but I am aware of definitely fewer cards than in previous years.
I can accept that some people may be sending fewer, but not usually those of our generation, and this year I am conscious of perhaps feeling the need for a friendly word from distant friends .

I would actually say I have particularly noticed the reduction in cards Ive had from the older generations. The "standard" older family friends and second cousin types who always sent them previously are the main group that seem to have cut back this year.

Its also the oldee family members who I find are using social media the most. My younger relatives who are newly settled/wed seem to be the ones still going down the traditional route with cards & people with new babies

The thing that has upset me is that since my husband died some people who always used to send us Christmas cards have stopped doing so. I hasten to add that they are in a minority. I still get cards with lovely messages from real friends.

MawBroon, love the name! I got The Broons and Oor Wullie every year of my childhood and as I look like Daphne, still have a soft spot for her.
When my Dad died, Mum said she couldn't afford the postage on 200+ Christmas cards and I realised what a tyrant this custom is and said she had the best excuse in the world to cut down that list to real friends.
She sent about 12 and after the next Xmas, hardly anyone outside that small list bothered to contact her.

I now send Jacquie Lawson's animated e-cards which delight my close friends as most of them have e-mail. The one or two hard copy cards I make myself on the computer
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We’ve had about a quarter of the cards we had last year. I think more people are simply not bothering or are going the ‘donation to charity’ route instead (or are pretending to). Like another poster, our adult children don’t send cards at all and I’ve always been a bit irritated by the exchange of Christmas cards on Christmas Day at family gatherings. What’s the point of that?

I’m very pleased that we’ve also received far fewer cards for other members of the extended family which we’re then expected to pass on like a family sorting office. I once had a card pushed through the letterbox from the postman informing me that they had a ‘large letter’ for me but couldn’t deliver it until I’d paid excess postage on it. I’d no idea what it was but foolishly went and collected it and paid several pounds for the privilege only to find that it contained about a dozen Christmas cards for members of my immediate family. Tartlet the postlady again. I was hopping mad at being so taken for granted and at the sender for only having stuck on one second class stamp. It’s easy enough to ring and ask for an address surely?

So dwindling chrustmas cards is good news to me. I confess to having moved the cards on the mantelpiece yesterday to dust and haven’t put them back.

I have sent less this year, and also received less. One day perhaps cards will be a collectors item on antique road show., like the beautiful Victorian ones are now. I still keep special ones from loved ones that are years old. When I go I'm sure they will be binned.

Well I love getting Christmas cards, cheers me up that people remember and I like all the glitter and robins. Happy New Year everyone.

I to found that after a loss cards get fewer but i think people are scared and how to word them but i found my wifes xmas list and sent them all one p.s take care

I have cousins living in Ireland and they started sending Easter cards a couple of years ago. They will never receive one from me, the postage there alone is awful. I would rather receive a friendly email than a card love from E and J.