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(54 Posts)
keepingquiet Sun 01-Dec-24 16:25:59

I paid for overseas cards. I probably won't get any back. I'm not sure how long we will be carrying on sending cards. It does seem to be dying out.

I remember as a child so many cards arriving every day at my home. I loved reading the ones people continued to send my mum in her old age.

I think it is sad, but there you go...

CountessFosco Sun 01-Dec-24 15:58:33

£2.80 stamp for each overseas card is positively outrageous. Have just completed an on-line message instead of cards = pity.....

Calendargirl Sun 01-Dec-24 15:52:26

I gave up sending unnecessary cards a few years ago, but I had warned people in the previous year’s card that I was stopping.

Still send a few to ageing friends and relatives, but will reduce in the fullness of time, ‘natural wastage’.

jobieP Sun 01-Dec-24 13:12:53

I have sent out some messages that I am stopping sending Christmas cards. It now costs £4.25 just to send 5 cards second post. It has become a chore