It's that time of year again, and as always I am torn...........I have also just let out a big sigh.
I have cut way, way back and will again re-evaluate who I will send too this year. I personally don't see the point of sending someone a Christmas card if the only contact I have with them is once a year through a Christmas card?
Remember how I used to agonize over the yearly Christmas letter, when most people couldn't be bothered to write a letter back? Why should I bother if they can't be bothered?
Then there is the postage, it just goes up and up. I was fortunate this year, as I was able to send my immediate family's cards through a free mailer that Canada Post was doing, so saved a little money there.
In this day and age of social media and emails, I know I can reach out to them if I want, and they can reach out to me, but will admit I do miss getting and reading a newsy letter.
Yeah or nay with Christmas cards?
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Nay. I agree with the idea, people you'll never see again...
I ended up doing a Happy New Year card, with some of my photos for people I care about. I have lost a lot of friends, though. Moving twice. There really isn't a point.
At my time of life--I only send cards to my grandchildren..and a few distant relatives...
for closer relatives and some friends, I send electronic greeting cards.
So I really cannot say either yay or nay. hugs, Julierose
Definitely nay. Stopped years ago.
I still send some cards but have slimmed my list way down. I do enjoy receiving cards with a written message or letter in it.
I do enjoy getting cards from people I don't see much & catching up with their lives. The postage costs are high now but I always buy charity cards so that it's my donation to them.
I am a stamper, so I love to make and send Christmas cards. But then again, I also still write letters. I like receiving actual Christmas cards, particularly the handmade ones, but then again, I love stationery and cards. What I really loathe are the pre-printed family picture cards. I also detest electronic greeting cards.
So, I guess yay, I will always send cards to people I love, and people who I think might need a pick-me-up, regardless of reciprocity.
I do enjoy getting cards from people I don't see much & catching up with their lives. The postage costs are high now but I always buy charity cards so that it's my donation to them.
I buy them , hand a lot out at church and send some. Plus give my grands a little something in one for Christmas
I am the opposite to you - I only send to those people I haven't seen or heard from since last Christmas! Mainly to let them know I am still alive. I don't see the point of sending to friends and family that I see frequently although I do get cards from some of them. The postage is a big deterrent, isn't it? Especially if you are sending overseas.
Nay... but mostly because Christmas is a painful time of year for me and I just want it to be over and done with. I always feel better by the 27th.
I don't send many cards, but since I send so few, I am not cutting back at all. I buy the stamps well before the holidays, so the pain is not too much.
I will probably send out a few cards and then do some phoning to the older relatives. I have to space the phone calls out over a few days, as the aunts love to talk.
God bless.
No cards here, just to immediate famiky and very close friends, and all can be delivered by had except one
I prefer receiving the letter inside than the card itself, but over the the years the letters have dwindled and I have excused the omission on the basis that people have less and less time. For me it has become a traditional way to say hello to old friends or family now living many miles away. However, like you, I don't see the point in exchanging a card that says no more than the printed message inside and I have determined that this year will be the last for a number of folk whom I can't imagine meeting up with again and who I'm sure send us a card purely out of habit or a misplaced sense of duty. I am going to take a tip from my neighbour, send them out early and include a message to the effect that we have made a decision to cut back on cards in the future and will be making a donation to charity instead.
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