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Christmas Cards...still sending and receiving?

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Christmas cards have been in decline as people believe they are old fashioned, something our parents did, and are labor intensive and costly. As technology has become mainstream many Christmas greetings are now sent via the phone or computer.Due to COVID, I wonder if folks are rethinking this tradition as more time is spent at home -although the cost may now be prohibited as jobs have been lost. We still send cards and, even if we do not receive them back, when we see the recipients they always acknowledge receipt with a heartfelt thanks. I like to receive cards to see the beautiful designs, images,colors, foil lined envelopes and engraved/ printed names. I like to hold a big card or feel the weight and softness of a high rag paper card. I love to laugh at the funny ones, admire family photos of weddings, vacations, graduations,babies and pets and other motifs and join in mourning lost loved ones. As a child I loved to open the cards and see the beautiful motifs and especially coveted the ones with glitter, laser cut foil images of snow scenes and the crèche as well as those that moved or popped up. The cards from foreign countries were really interesting..the postage stamps too. Admittedly, my own children have shown little to no interest in looking at the cards...only those that have pictures of their classmates.As gatherings are not going to happen this season, how are you all keeping in touch with family, friends, and others this year?
 
I've never sent one.
I still receive two and am considering asking those people to please stop.

I also say nothing when someone sneezes.
I don't care what religious people do in their homes and churches, but please folks :doh: leave it at the door.

Wikisnip:

"One of the symptoms of the plague was coughing and sneezing, and it is believed that Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great) suggested saying“God bless you” after a person sneezed in hopes that this prayer would protect them from an otherwise certain death. The expression may have also originated from superstition."

Ya think? :rolleyes:
Religion IS a pretty word for superstition.

Religion creeping into regular life is creepy. :nono:
It strikes me as exceedingly arrogant, and dangerous, to just assume everyone is Christian, or should be.
 
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I am too lazy to send Christmas cards but I do get some and hang them up. I always enjoy the custom ones, some do kind of a year in review on the front and that is nice.

If I didn’t get them then that would be fine too, can’t expect them if I’m not willing to send them myself!
 
I still receive some but generally my only cards sent out are thank you cards. Those suckers are still expensive to buy and i know they end up in the trash after being read. I prefer generally to just not put more trash out into the world :(

We are keeping in touch with video chat and emails and texting depending on the person. My husband and I are hermits even without the pandemic so most of this type of communicating with family is normal. We would normally see some family every 3 or 4 months and visit others once every other year since we have to travel and alternate. But not this year lol. Nope no travel at all. Home inside is where we belong even more than normal in times like this.
 
Call me old fashioned but I enjoy sending and receiving holiday cards. I hang them up as they come in each Christmas. Adds to the festivities in my opinion. I have children and a large extended family who enjoy getting pictures of the kids, so I know the cards we send are well received. For me it’s a lovely custom — a way to keep connection and express gratitude and love, especially for friends and family we see less frequently than we’d like.
 
I love Christmas cards and all greeting cards in general. They're something concrete people can hold in their hands which says "I was thinking of you and made an effort." Living on the other side of the world from our family, they're also incredibly important as a way of throwing a wide reaching net around the people we love and holding them as part of our circle.

Consequently, I always send them and always look for them in my mail box. I have indeed sent more this year, as people and relationships in general have become sort of surreal and disembodied, so this is just one tiny way of making things a bit more tangible. And - goodness knows - there's been enough zoom, internet, e-cards, and electronic contact of all kinds.

So - cards it is!
 
We stopped sending them years ago because we had huge domestics every year over my inability to spell his family's names
 
We never send cards.

When we were baking cookies and mailing them to friends all over the world for the holidays I always added a small holiday card wishing good cheer and good health but I never just send cards.

This year (and last year due to many other issues we were dealing with) we didn't bake cookies and send them to our friends. Hoping next year will be a less crazy stressful and hectic year so we can resume sending home baked goods to our closest friends.

I agree it is very nice to receive cards and thoughtful gifts that say hey we are thinking of you. Just as it is nice to send cards saying we are thinking of you and sending love and good cheer. At any time of year. But sometimes one just cannot do it. Life gets in the way and we all have our limits. I am at mine and I cannot do one extra thing as much as I wish I could. So I am practicing being kind to myself and not putting additional pressure on top of all we are already going through.

I know my true friends understand and don't judge me for it.

Wishing everyone cheer and good health not just during the holidays but all year round. And wishing us all a pandemic free holiday season in 2021. For now, we take it one day, one hour at a time and hold onto the fact we will get through this. One day at a time. (((Hugs))).
 
Yes, I send holiday cards.

I don't consider them to be religious though they might use the word Christmas in them now that I think about it. Christmas isn't really seen as a religious holiday here (UK, London specifically) even though we're a legally a religious country with no legal separation of church and state it's a hell of a lot less religious than the US somehow!

I've sent fewer holiday cards this year due to several of our friends are still living with their support bubble because of the pandemic so we don't know their addresses. Several friends haven't lived at their own homes since March.
 
I don't send but still receive a few every year. I feel that it is a waste of paper since they all have to be thrown away at the end of the year. I do not keep these as I dislike clutter.
 
I always save cards from my DH. I have them dating back to the first card he ever sent me. I have all his love notes too. He doesn't write love notes anymore but when we were dating he did and I have everything in a pretty box in our Brooklyn home.

We don't send each other holiday cards but we do give each other cards for other occasions such as birthday, anniversary, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Cinco de Mayo, and just because we love you cards/notes. And I have every single one my DH ever gave me and has saved every single one from me as well.

So from that viewpoint it isn't a waste at all. They are memories over the decades.
 
I love sending and receiving holiday cards. We haven’t gotten many cards this year, I know a lot of friends are skipping them for various reasons. The ones we have are displayed near our Christmas tree and both kids have spent time looking at them.
I do keep them in a box with my Christmas card supplies after we take all the decorations down and enjoy looking at previous years when getting ready for the new season.
 
I still send out Christmas cards & recieve many to hang here at home. I have been more cautious this year due to Covid, sending them all out early in November, with a note on the back to quarantine them for a week before opening. It wouldn't be Christmas without the cards, especially for my many family & friends in different countries.

One change I did make this year was to not have my children handing out cards to everyone in their class. Instead I made a donation to both schools PTA funds for the amount the cards would have cost instead.

I keep all the cards from my husband & children in a box & store all the precious cards for the girls from grandparents too. I still have the card my dad wrote for my 10th Birthday (mum always wrote the cards, so she must have been super busy that year) & I still get it out to look at his beautiful scroll handwriting. It'll be 20 years since we lost him next year & i still treasure that card!
 
kenny said:
I've never sent one.
I still receive two and am considering asking those people to please stop.

I also say nothing when someone sneezes.
I don't care what religious people do in their homes and churches, but please folks :doh: leave it at the door.

Wikisnip:

"One of the symptoms of the plague was coughing and sneezing, and it is believed that Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great) suggested saying“God bless you” after a person sneezed in hopes that this prayer would protect them from an otherwise certain death. The expression may have also originated from superstition."

Ya think? :rolleyes:
Religion IS a pretty word for superstition.

Religion creeping into regular life is creepy. :nono:
It strikes me as exceedingly arrogant, and dangerous, to just assume everyone is Christian, or should be.
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I use "gensundheit" after someone sneezes because my german speaking nephew said it means good health (or something to that effect).
Sounds like it applies. I* dont think it is religious but could be wrong. I'm sure german-speaking PSers will let me know! :lol:
 
I no longer send Christmas cards and have noticed that I have either been removed from others' lists or they don't send them either.
I do send Holiday Thank you cards to my students and family when I receive a gift. That's all folks! :lol:
 
I normally make my own, or had them printed in my own design and personal greeting.

I started to make the major component for this year's card during the first lockdown. However, when it was clear to me that C19 would be around for a lot longer with some form of restrictions still in place in December, I decided to "cancel" Christmas, so no card and no homemade edible goodies bags etc...

Hence I sent an eCard this year and gave money to one of the charities that I volunteer for and support, edited to add my own personal seasonal greeting.

DK :))
 
I think that's what I'm trying to avoid doing, especially this year, is cancelling Christmas. I understand why some people are. My in-laws are, they're doing nothing different. But that feels very depressing to me. I still sent cards and I enjoy getting them. They're all hung and displayed. We have wreathes and a tree and a couple of small gifts. We'll cook the traditional foods (scaled down, of course!).

Cancelling Christmas reminds me of exactly what the Grinch tried to do one year. He stole all the presents and all the trimmings and learned that Christmas in people's hearts. My heart and mental health NEEDS a nice meal with a fancy wine spent only with my immediate family debating if Die Hard is a Christmas movie while trying to hog all the popcorn. I WILL have Christmas! Anyone want me to send them a card? I have spares!
 
I’ve always sent Christmas cards, it’s a way of catching up with people that we don’t see on a regular basis.

I’ve sent less this year, just the important ones, and I usually send either an e-card or an email with greetings to overseas friends as a) the postage is now several times more expensive than the card, and b) several times they haven’t got to their destination.

We’re not doing Christmas this year @Rhea, it’s just the 2 of us, we’ll be Tier 3 as of tomorrow, so can’t see anyone, and I just can’t be bothered putting up a tree to take it down a week later, too much faff. We’re still having Christmas dinner that’s our only concession :lol:
 
@Austina I hear you! We're 2 too and in Tier 3 currently.
 
I actually did just mail a holiday card to a sweet kind friend. But this is the only card I am mailing this year. :)
 
I think NZ post's $1.40 letter rate is going to kill off Christmas cards :(2
Older people still enjoy receiving letters so i would say those who know of elderly who would appreate a letter to pop one in the post for the holidays

I am very sad for those of you are in a form of lockdown over the holidays, but its possible to still have a nice, if less grand, Christmas this year
 
I have mailed out Christmas Cards in the past. I didn’t do it last year or this year though.
I received four cards this year which I’m surprised about bc I never updated anyone with our address since we moved. Even my mom doesn’t know where we live.
 
I love getting Christmas cards, but didn't have time or energy to have any made and write them this year
 
HI:

I always do. I also sent cards to those serving overseas. There is a program the gov't runs that facilitates this.

I love getting cards--and especially in these lonely times it might be the one bright message someone receives.

cheers--Sharon
 
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I dont send them and havent for year, but I still get some currently have 6
 
Yes! Mine are handmade with a photo(s) of our family and/or kids. I currently mail out about 80, but I remember when I used to mail out about 130. I usually receive about 60, although have received about 30 this year so far. Most are photo cards that I hang and enjoy for a month or two.
 
Yup, still send Christmas cards, just to immediate family + a few other relatives ... we don't receive very many cards in the mail although we do end up hearing from everyone by the end of the holiday season one way or another ... I do love Christmas cards, the history, the sentiment, the physicality ... Happy Holidays everyone, by the way!
 
@missy I keep all the cards from dh & my kids too!
I hand made a few holiday cards this year but they're not the kind with photos or news. Just to wish some people happy holidays & spread some cheer.
I have 2 friends that i send handmade cards to every so often; and dh and the kids get on a regular basis. They're very labor intensive & take hours to create.
 
I've sent 112 so far this year. I've received 3. (One is from a fellow PSer LOL.)

I used to send over 200, but my real estate business has changed over the years and I've culled the list. I would say now only about 20 of the cards are client related, the rest are primarily friends and a little family.

People tell me ever year how much they like getting my card, and I don't mind that most don't send any in return. I've just taken an "it is what it is" stance, so no hard feelings, and I get to enjoy the process of picking the card for each person (I always buy a variety), writing a little note and picking the stamp (yes, I get a variety of those too!).

I know... Dee Needs A Life!
 
Not at all @Dee*Jay i think cards are so special & i love getting them! Especially in a time of emails , bills and junk mail- a card in the mail is a happy treasure !
 
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