Why do people you never hear from send Christmas cards

I received one yesterday from an old work colleague and her husband. I only hear from them once a year and it’s always the first card I receive. It’s somehow a huge sense of relief to know that neither of them is pushing up daisies!

I write a few lines in each giving high - and sometimes low - lights of the year rather than just a card. Most friends do the same. It’s often the only contact we have through the year as many live far away. Works ok for us so far.

My mum uses the address stickers charities send at this time of year to seal the envelopes of Christmas cards. At least then the card can be returned if the person has moved.

I had a friend from my time working in London who was at least 25 years older than me.. after I moved away we always sent Christmas cards with a little catch up letter.
I hadn’t heard from her for a couple of years so sent a card with a note on the back asking the recipient to send me a text if they knew anything about my friend and received a lovely response saying that sadly my friend had died the previous year but giving me contact details for her family.
I was very grateful.

This habit may soon be a thing of the past due to the increase in the cost of postage stanps.

2nd Class 87p
1st Class £1.70p.

Some will be recycled and sime will. end uo in a landfill.

So help save the planet

Send them a Christmas email or text instead

I do send quite a few Christmas emails, with a core of material to all, but personalised.
Last year I still got cards from some of DH’s friends. If I knew them as friends as well, I still send, but if not, I don’t.
I’m still unsure which members of my local groups will get cards.

I stopped sending cards 5-6 years ago. With a sick husband I stopped sending. Now, with postage cost there is no way anyone but my 2 great grandchildren will recorve a card..and they will be hand delivered on Christmas day when I join them for dinner.
Cards can be bought for pennies, postage runs into £s.

Xmas cards tell someone you are thinking of them and wishing them well. It is irrelevant whether or not you ever see them. To me that is all the more reason to send. Unless of course you dislike someone and don’t want to send good wishes! I suppose I am eccentric to think a text or email instead of a card is rather insulting.

Cronesrule

Xmas cards tell someone you are thinking of them and wishing them well. It is irrelevant whether or not you ever see them. To me that is all the more reason to send. Unless of course you dislike someone and don’t want to send good wishes! I suppose I am eccentric to think a text or email instead of a card is rather insulting.

I did say to DH after a rather frazzled day involving going to the Post Office twice (don't ask!) and going to buy yet more cards, I did say perhaps we should sent electronic ones next year.

However, Xmas cards tell someone you are thinking of them and wishing them well. It is irrelevant whether or not you ever see them
I agree, this is why we send them.

I have received a card today from somebody I don't even know! definitely addressed to me, postmark says Lake District (I know nobody there) and it is signed Ron. The only Ron I have ever known was my husband - and he died 26 years ago!

Very strange.

Aely

I have received a card today from somebody I don't even know! definitely addressed to me, postmark says Lake District (I know nobody there) and it is signed Ron. The only Ron I have ever known was my husband - and he died 26 years ago!

Very strange.

We still haven't worked out who our unknown card sender is.

It is definitely not the one vague possibility and the other two died years ago.

Please, St Anthony, help!

Slimswim

I know there’s another thread regarding Christmas cards but my question is, why do people you never hear from send Christmas cards? I ask the question because someone I know sent one but how do they know if we are both still alive as we never hear from them.

It's a test to see if you're dead or demented yet.

You passed, with a score of 8/10.

You'd have scored higher if you'd mentioned
any interesting gossip about them, or any dull news they put in the card.

Aely

I have received a card today from somebody I don't even know! definitely addressed to me, postmark says Lake District (I know nobody there) and it is signed Ron. The only Ron I have ever known was my husband - and he died 26 years ago!

Very strange.

Blimey. Maybe someone from Ancestry is testing the water.....