Christmas cards

We've bought ours, they're on the coffee table, we've been sitting looking at them for the last ten days, haven't actually got the address book out yet, it's a fag! but there are some people, not seen for a while that we want to keep in touch with. I like getting the newsy ones from a couple of old school friends and likewise mine back to them, I leave to the very last because I tend to do a fair bit of writing in those. Some of my husband's clients from his working days morphed into friends and he still has quite a few to write on that side.

I imagine much of this will die with our generation and possibly the generation behind us, young people don't really do Christmas cards, I'm not sure some of them know what a stamp is, but if they do, they'll be shocked as the rest of us at their price. One of the main reasons, along with the EChristmas version will confine all this rigmarole into the mists of a bygone era.

I find younger family members don't bother or use moonpig. I love Xmas cards and always send them. I keep special ones each year as I can't bear to get rid of them. Same with b/day and mothers day cards. My kids will have a shock when I leave this mortal earth!!!!😊

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Have got all my cards ready for the post, when the two day strike is over.
When do you think is the best date to receive a Christmas card? When is too early?
I don’t mind if they’re early, I just pop them in a drawer until I want to put them up to admire.

One of my sons doesn't even open the cards. I have seen a stack of them on his hall table after Christmas. His girlfriend opened them eventually and one had a fairly large check in it from his grandmother.

I’ve gradually moved some old acquaintances to digital cards, and nobody has taken offence when I’ve explained that postage has become silly. I’d still keep paper cards for close family and anyone who really enjoys displaying them, then use a short personalised message for everyone else. Email works well for relatives abroad, and WhatsApp is handy for people who rarely check email.

I’ve used [url=https://ecards.hopespring.org.uk/free-christmas-ecards/]Free Christmas eCards[/url] with funny and traditional designs, and being able to schedule an email is useful when December gets hectic. The optional charity angle is a nice touch too, although sending one doesn’t automatically mean you’ve made a donation.

I only send cards back to the people who sent me one last year. For Oz relatives I get AI to design a nice picture with appropriate wording and send either by email or on FB. I can add a few photos too if I want. The main point is to stay in touch with news with people who mean something to you and you mean something to them. Why send a card to someone you knew 40 years ago and just write in it To Fred and Gladys Happy Christmas from Enid and Bert Bloggs. Waste of resources and money. You could put that money to a charity and save the trees.

This doesn't change much in four years does it ?