Who still sends Christmas cards?

[Rianne]

No longer send Christmas cards. I will call/text/e-mail/go visit at various times throughout the year rather than send a Christmas card.

 

[Alan]

I do the christmas cards each year and it is down to 10 overseas cards and 11 UK cards. We receive the same number as we send out.

 

[SumDay]

"We" (aka ME) stopped sending cards about 8 years ago. Shortly after that, we began receiving less every year. As of right now, there are 5 in the red & green basket, and 4 are from companies we do business with. I've noticed full Christmas card shelves in the stores right now, with 75% mark downs already. I have to believe this pains Hallmark.

 

[Sunset]

"We" (aka ME) stopped sending cards about 8 years ago. Shortly after that, we began receiving less every year. ....

Our relative who is quite old told me if someone doesn't send him a card, he thinks they are dead and takes them off his list.

Maybe a few think you have passed on

 

[FIREd]

I still send 5-6 cards - to people I won't see during the holiday season.

 

[Koolau]

We send over a hundred nationally and maybe half a dozen internationally. YMMV

 

[ShokWaveRider]

We send out about 30 about 20 of those are overseas.

 

[ExFlyBoy5]

I would say we send between 20-25 a year...mostly to friends we met while living in different places thanks to the USAF. This year, we are sending a combo Christmas card that also doubles as our "new address" since the timing is perfect. This means we will send out about 50 this year...at 50 cents a pop for postage!!!

 

[ExFlyBoy5]

No longer send Christmas cards. I will call/text/e-mail/go visit at various times throughout the year rather than send a Christmas card.

Not directed at you personally, but I have been getting more "text" messages from "friends" when the holidays roll around. The messages are fine and don't bother me, but when I immediately text you back and you NEVER respond, then just don't bother to send it in the first place!

 

[Midpack]

When we were both working, we sent out 130+, but about 80 were (my work) obligatory. This year we sent out 45, and when DW retires next year, I suspect that number will drop further as she still has some work obligatory...

They’ve never done much for me on the receiving end, but obviously many people enjoy them.

 

[Milton]

Just sent out six today, and will probably send another four or five.

I don't honour 'Hallmark holidays' but am comfortable with Christmas cards, probably for two reasons:

(1) the end of the year seems like an appropriate time to 'catch up' with friends; and

(2) many charities sell very nice cards that cost less for an entire box than the price of one fancy card at a greeting card store.

 

[pb4uski]

We have almost 90 people (singles and couples) on our Christmas card list. We used to send out Christmas cards... it was quite a production to update the list and get them out.

Initially we wrote out the envelopes, then printed labels for envelopes. We have also done a letter about our year for our family (me, DW, DD, DS and now DSIL) for the last 25 years or so.

A few years ago we simplified things and now just email out the letter to friends and family.... we do send the letter and cards to a little over a dozen people.

The email version seems less personal but is much easier and less expensive... people seem to like it so we'll continue doing it.

 

[Milton]

The email version seems less personal but is much easier and less expensive... people seem to like it so we'll continue doing it.

Personally, I would rather receive a somewhat generic but detailed email that updates me on the sender's activities this past year, than a personalized card that just says "Happy Christmas".

 

[Sunset]

Personally, I would rather receive a somewhat generic but detailed email that updates me on the sender's activities this past year, than a personalized card that just says "Happy Christmas".

My DF used to make a nice long 1 page letter of the family's activities over the past year as a rhyming poem !!

 

[Milton]

Wow, that’s pretty creative!

 

[deserat]

I send around 20-35 each year - it is usually one of the more obnoxious ones with all of the things I did that year to include pictures. I've had many say they really enjoy my cards, so I keep sending them/ I have friends I've been sending cards to for over 20 years....mainly my military friends who live all over the world.

I've also realized it allows me to have a quick snapshot for myself of what I did each year - like a mini-diary.

I love receiving cards from my friends and am sad when I lose track of them.

 

[slowsaver]

We send ~60 per year.