Holiday Cards

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

How many folks still send out cards via snail mail for the Holiday? If you don't, do you something else?

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I do. I'm not always in the mood to send out greeting cards. But when I do, it's usually last minute, and by snail mail.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

I do too. Mine are all addressed, but I still need to sign them (that's what really takes the time).

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

Yes, I still 'snail-mail' cards, and I have mine, but haven't started on them yet. I usually make the labels on my PC, but can't get that to work this year so guess I'll start addressing them this afternoon. I do email Jacquie Lawson cards to some, too, but she hasn't come out with her new Christmas card yet.

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

Most of my local friends no longer send out cards, so I've done likewise. But I do send them out to friends who live further away. I just haven't done it yet.

Fern

[vlariano Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vlariano]

I still do too, but haven't done so yet. It does seem somewhat silly to send them to people that live in the neighborhood, but if they send on I'll send one back to them.l

[deede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close deede]

Yep, I still snail mail Christmas cards to my friends and family.

It helps increase the spirit of the holiday for me to do it. (Also, I have decorated my home for the holidays. No kids at home, I do it for ME.)

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

We stopped snail mail cards a few years ago. DH is good with Photoshop and a few other programs, so we did an E-Card for a while. But last year's was a big slideshow montage with fun music under it, and now we can't figure out how to beat that one (plus we used all our photos for the last 5 years in it), so this year it'll probably be nothing...

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

We send out a few to distant friends and relatives, but in our neighborhood we don't exchange cards, but we do have a few holiday get togethers which increase the spirit. We don't decorate the tree until mid December, and we will be putting up lights and decorations around the house this week.

[Jaybee Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jaybee]

I've been gradually cutting back on Christmas cards. I do send some email cards to those who can get them. I figure that saves a certain amount of excess paper, and I don't see the point in people sending cards to people they see on a regular basis, and give verbal greetings. Receiving a card from a neighbor, or a friend I see often, with only a signature at the bottom, seems like a waste of money and effort. I like to stay in touch with people I only hear from once a year, to maintain a thread of communication, but I've pretty much eliminated "duty cards". I don't think Christmas should be about obligations. As Hoc (and Groucho) would say, "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others." LOL!

[barndweller Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close barndweller]

I still send snail mail cards. I try to write a little note in the cards to the folks I rarely see but want to stay in touch with. I send Jaquie Lawson cards through out the year to friends & family but at Christmas I like to take the time for handwritten (and sometimes even handmade) cards. I still decorate the house, too, even though the kids are all grown & gone. And Hubby bakes up a storm and makes fudge, etc. We love all the smaltzy holiday stuff. Our favorite tradition is a drive on Christmas eve to admire all the house decorations, watching the sky to try to spot Santa and then a trip to the local Foster Freeze to top off the evening. We always did this with the kids and they now do the same with their children.

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

Still send

We still send cards just so everyone knows we are alive and reconize each friend and family. We send boxed cards to the more distant relatives and I buy cards for closer family members so they have more meaning for both us and them.
Bart

[littlestar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close littlestar]

I still mail Christmas cards. I sent out about 30 yesterday.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

We still send out a few cards, but have cut way back since we retired.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

I send out a few cards, but have stopped sending cards to people I see or correspond with regularly. I have used the money saved to increase my Christmas charitable donations to adopt-a-family and the food drive at my school.