Do You Send Many Christmas Cards?

[Bobbisox1]

I find I do , I think I’m done and check my address book and start again, I think husbands should me made to sit and do them :0(

[pat2604]

I can count them on one hand! Very elderly Aunt, sister in Law, two Cousins who live far away, and our long term friends in Hertfordshire. No-one else. Any friends locally I can just say Happy Christmas. I haven't bought any Christmas cards for years, or wrapping paper! Our Christmas expenditure is nil! Same as any other week.

[Buenchico]

The number of cards I send has dropped from over 200 many years ago to fewer than 20 now. As some of those are to people whom I don't expect to get a card back from (like the lady at the burger van up the road or the staff at the launderette I use), the number I receive is even fewer: just 10 last year :(

[davebro]

5 or 6

[pat2604]

I forgot to say our regular lovely postie gets a card with something in it. He's a real treasure.

[Bobbisox1]

We aren’t buying presents this year , I’ve friends in Scotland and Wales , down South that we don’t see , I send them , then there’s the hand out ones which are the bulk of them , what I class as special friends , we keep our cards year on year to put up

[Bobbisox1]

Yes ours does too, same as the binmen, we usually get them a case of beer

[pat2604]

And we now only have two neighbours. We did have three last year. Now there is an empty house :o) for very sad reasons.

[davebro]

I don't put cards up - read them & bin them - BAH!

[Bobbisox1]

I only give cards to a couple of neighbours, ours is a very quiet street so I don’t know that many of them

[diddlydo]

I made /co-erced my husband into doing them one year - it was more trouble than it was worth with his countless queries etc etc

[Ken4155]

None whatsoever. I buy 4 large cards to give my children, each containing £50. Then i pop smaller envelopes inside for my 9 grandkids, each containing a tenner. Christmas sorted.

[Bobbisox1]

I bet those that take the trouble to give them to you will be delighted at you reading then binning them :0(

[Bobbisox1]

Still a nice thought though Ken

Diddly, you’re right, I’ll do them myself ;)

[jourdain2]

Yes. I push OH into doing his family and old friends, but I still have the lion's share to cope with.

I was under huge work pressure one year and aske my ex-husband to cover his (large) family for cards and gifts. - all but his sister missed out. :)

[gulliver1]

Is my card in the post yet Bobbi??

[Barsel]

I live on a complex of 14 bungalows (old folks) and we all push a card through each letterbox except for one neighbour who informed us all last year that he wouldn't be doing this in future.
(Bah Humbug.)
I post very few these days as most of my cards are given to friends and family.

[Bobbisox1]

Nah, dunno where you reside so I’m afraid not although I could send it via 10 Downing Street I suppose ;0))

[tiggerblue10]

Last year I sent around 10 on funky pigeon. That's 5 more than the year before because of covid to work colleagues.

[pat2604]

I read any that arrive and leave them in a pile. Not very many now since I stopped sending. I put them on a shelf nearer Christmas. Hubby never did help with them.

[gness]

Just writing mine now, Bobbi. I make all my cards and try to use something from a received last year card to send back blinged up to the sender if I can. Love making....hate writing.
I make up a parcel of cards for family and friends in Northants and send them to a friend who pops them into the Scout Post for me. 30p a card so that's not too bad.
Probably another 20 or so to post from here but that's getting a bit pricey now.