Are you sending Christmas cards this year?

Only to friends and family that do not live local to me as I don't see them often so its nice to send a card. The cost of postage puts me off sending too many though !
Gone are the days when my Mum used to buy a box of 100 Christmas cards and use them all !

Always try to get the Christmas stamps.

I will send a few to older relatives who seem to equate the number of cards they get with how much they are loved. I don't subscribe to that POV, but as it matters to them I will play along.

Otherwise no. I haven't done for years.

Like anything else some Christmas traditions change over time.

I used to take a pillow case to bed and get an orange and some nuts in the bottom...

Yes, I will as to me it's part of Christmas and sometimes the only time we might catch up with distant friends, with a quick letter inside.

However, it is sad to have to cross more names off each year. ☹

Yes, to those who are too far away to hand deliver. The list gets shorter at one end through old friends and family who aren’t with us any more. I hate the crossings out in my address book. It is getting longer at the other, with grandchildren and great grandchildren and a few new friends.
I like to receive them and read the notes inside, but as others have said, they don’t take up so much room any more.

The episode in The Crown where Princess Margaret allegedly made up a limerick to entertain her American hosts made me laugh:

There was a young lady from Dallas,
Used a dynamite stick as a phallus,
They found her vagina in North Carolina,
And her arsehole in Buckingham Palace.

It was a drinking contest so she was bound to win! 😂

Oh Bliney! Wrong thread!!!

Very sorry. 😮😮😮

Well I look forward to them as last year we didn’t put a tree up as we are trying not to have too much to do these days.We are well into our eighties and climbing up to the loft to find decorations was too much for me and now my dh has hurt a leg and is now not up to it. My family will do it for us just to collect the two nativities, snowman, Father Christmas , etc etc but honestly that means too much at the moment so cards will be welcome. Just going to see how dh gets on. So far he has been good but at 86 and now both of us using walking sticks we are not looking too active. I have bought about 40 cards for family and people I haven’t seen for years but we write our news to keep up. Hand deliver about a dozen but we are so looking forward to the birth of our first great grandchild next month so seeing her will be the great event at the family Christmas meal.

No, not even hand delivered ones. Sooner spend the money by donating to a local charity than buy cards for someone to have to remember to recycle correctly after Christmas.

Merlotgran I think you might have posted on the wrong thread.

I see you have realised Merlotgran.
It gave me a good laugh. Thank you.

merlotgran

The episode in The Crown where Princess Margaret allegedly made up a limerick to entertain her American hosts made me laugh:

There was a young lady from Dallas,
Used a dynamite stick as a phallus,
They found her vagina in North Carolina,
And her arsehole in Buckingham Palace.

It was a drinking contest so she was bound to win! 😂

Blimey!
I thought you were putting that as a Christmas greeting in your cards! 😂

Yes, I'll be sending a sack full, but mainly because I move around a lot and like to stay in touch.

Blimey!
I thought you were putting that as a Christmas greeting in your cards! 😂

😳😳😳

Just don’t’ send it to the Vicar

Best laugh all day merlotgran
Even if it was on the wrong thread!

I can recall a happy time when the house was festooned with Christmas cards .
It certainly isn't now .
I send to my immediate family .
And to my friends,neighbours and fellow parishioners .
I buy some .
I make some .
Since my father passed our relatives have pretty much given me the heave ho .
I used to go to so much trouble to keep him in contact with them and give them updates.

I always send special cards for family members, and charity ones (This tear Hillside animal sanctuary) to friends and a few neighbours

JamesandJon33

Just don’t’ send it to the Vicar

I'm sure our vicar would laugh (but I won't risk it!).

Yes - I like to send and receive them.
I've often received beautiful cards which add to all the decorations in the house.

I love Christmas and all that comes with it, but few of my friends are left now, so I won’t be sending many cards. The exorbitant and greedy postage charge has put me off too. Royal Mail is its own worst enemy.
I don’t like the Christmas (round Robin) letter either, but I don’t really know why, as I love getting ordinary letters. My cousin’s wife sends a very long and detailed letter every Christmas, which contains the most boring details ever. She obviously thinks I really wanted to know that part of her lawn had gone brown, so she had replaced it with new turf! It was all in that vein. Not only that, she would cover three pages with ‘news’, but every single sentence would be a big boast about the family’s achievements. Never once did she want to know what we were up to. I began to lose the will to live!

Mollygo

Best laugh all day merlotgran
Even if it was on the wrong thread!

It was better on this thread.😁

Lovetopaint037

Well I look forward to them as last year we didn’t put a tree up as we are trying not to have too much to do these days.We are well into our eighties and climbing up to the loft to find decorations was too much for me and now my dh has hurt a leg and is now not up to it. My family will do it for us just to collect the two nativities, snowman, Father Christmas , etc etc but honestly that means too much at the moment so cards will be welcome. Just going to see how dh gets on. So far he has been good but at 86 and now both of us using walking sticks we are not looking too active. I have bought about 40 cards for family and people I haven’t seen for years but we write our news to keep up. Hand deliver about a dozen but we are so looking forward to the birth of our first great grandchild next month so seeing her will be the great event at the family Christmas meal.

Having recently been presented with my very first great grandchild, I can confidently say that you are right that seeing her will be the best thing for you. We hadn’t had a new baby in the family for 17 years, so to have one this year is wonderful.
Congratulations, and happy Christmas!

Yes I will send some but the list has got shorter.

I send one to my mum and thats it