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Card sending poll....

qualitygal — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:18:38 GMT

Will you be sending out cards for the holiday this year? I will to friends out of state. I'll write a little note in each one, but not one of those "letters".

Does anyone get one of those "letters" or send one out about what's gone on with their family during the last year? So much is done on line anymore, I'm curious.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:22:09 GMT

My circle of friends is very small and most live close-by so no I won't be sending out cards or letters.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:25:09 GMT

I also stopped sending ,a few years ago.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:29:30 GMT

I stopped sending snail mail cards but send a pretty gif via text to some people and make a general Merry Christmas post on my Facebook page. We still receive some actual Christmas cards, but not many.

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LTT1 — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:31:06 GMT

@qualitygal

I will be sending Christmas cards out this year...yes!

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occasionalrain — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:33:18 GMT

Yes

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vermint — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:36:30 GMT

I haven't done cards for years...most of the people I would send them to, I see on a regular basis anyway. I can wish them a Merry Christmas (or whatever holiday they celebrate) and not spend money on cards, envelopes & stamps that just get tossed after the holidays anyway!

I'm not big into recycling, etc. but cards (in general) are, IMO, such a dreadful waste of paper. I do send out ONE birthday card every year, to my BFF who moved 3 hours away.

I still receive a few cards, and one or two of those obnoxious newsletters each year.

Sad/ironic story about one of those newsletters--this person would send out one every year, waxing poetic about their wonderful multiple vacations, and the perfect lives of her perfect children. Well, the perfect lives of those perfect children started to fall apart. No more newsletters, and eveyone knew why. I think you set yourself up for a fall when everything is always "perfect".

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Stray — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:38:12 GMT

I still send Christmas cards

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Knit-Chick — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:38:59 GMT

Yes! I love sending and receiving cards I get fewer and fewer each year.

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skatting44 — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:39:01 GMT

Yes, I will . I always add a personal note with each card as I have done so for more than 30 yrs

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ScrapHappy — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:44:11 GMT

I still send Christmas cards. Used to send about 30. Now only about 10 or under.

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Krimpette — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:49:59 GMT

As I responded to the earlier post on this topic,Yes, I will. I make all my cards and send about 30.. No two are alike.

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jackiejenny — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:58:00 GMT

Absolutely yes... I send them and like others, I write a personal note in each and every one of them.

Christmas cards are practically the only thing one receives in actual hand written cursive.

Oh...I have only gotten a few of those "letters," and I didn't like them...nothing like saying the same exact thing to everyone on your list!

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bonnielu — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:03:50 GMT

No longer sending. Facebook. Or I use email or messenger. Or I pick up the phone the old fashioned way and call.

As for a gift I just send and it is usually an Amazon card. I cannot figure out what anyone really wants. Most of the time they are polite and really don't like what I give them anyway.

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cotton4me — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:57:01 GMT

I will send Christmas cards. My family is spread across different states, along with some friends. In the last couple of years, I started inserting a small note, no more than a couple of paragraphs about my life over the last year. It's not a long letter but it's too much to write in a card.

I also make my own cards from my photography so they’re unique and people seem to look forward to seeing them.

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DREAMON — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:20:04 GMT

Yes I send about 20 cards out which is down from the 50 I sent in years past.

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walker — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:28:01 GMT

Yes, I do, although I have shortened my list over the years.

I enjoy sending them with a personal note added. Time to think of person(s) I am sending them to and enjoy some memories. I appreciate those I receive too.

I remember growing up there was so much mail at Christmas that we had two deliveries a day! Those days are long gone. Now we could have two deliveries a week..ha!

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:29:06 GMT

Yes.

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jackiejenny — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:33:11 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
As I responded to the earlier post on this topic,Yes, I will. I make all my cards and send about 30.. No two are alike.

I think it is fabulous that you take the time to do this...good on you!

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frenchie — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:34:12 GMT

We see our family on Christmas Eve. We all go out to eat and exchange cards/ gifts. We are only about 12 of us. Maybe a boyfriend or two. I only need to mail out 4 cards. We have lost much family recently. My parents sent out at least 100. Loved seeing the cards taped up around the doorways. I do miss that.