When Do You Post Your Xmas Cards??

[Smowball]

We don’t send many tbh - family, few relatives, and I hand deliver to neighbours. I posted the ones to family in Australia today, only because I didn’t know how long they would take, but haven’t done any others yet.
What about you? x

[Bobbisox1]

The first week in December , around the 7/8th

[Big Jenny]

All written, ready to post around 8th to 10th December.

BJ

[Smowball]

Yes think I’ll post these first week in December. As for neighbours, well there is just 6 houses in our strip of the road, I know either side and one on from that. But no idea of the names of the ones on each end, tho I’ve still written them a card.

[jourdain2]

I did the Australian and other long-distance ones weeks ago, because we have a fund-raising village calendar to sell for Christmas. It made sense to use that instead and send very early by sea - minimal cost and is also gift. Had acknowledgment today from an Australian cousin that it had been received.
Just about to start on the rest. Will clear out old cards first and then buy as necessary.
Anyone remember the days of cheaper Christmas post?

[gordiescotland1]

I always post mine on the 1st December every year

[Redhelen72]

About 5 days before Christmas

[Smowball]

I bought 12 x 2nd class stamps and stamps to post 3 cards to Australia - £13 !

[Buenchico]

The official last posting date for regular mail to Australia isn't until 6 December, Smow, so your card should arrive in plenty of time. (That's assuming that, unusually, you didn't choose to use 'International Economy', so that it went by ship. The last posting date for that service was 13 September!)

I've been known to not even buy my Christmas cards until 3pm on Christmas Eve (including those for overseas delivery), so it's not unknown for my cards to arrive just a little bit(!) late, but I usually post the few that I send these days about a week or two into December. The only exception is the card that I send to my friends in Italy, as Poste Italiane's service is appalling, with anything sent to of from Italy often taking a month (or even more) for its journey. (I won't have to bother this year though, as one of the couple arrives in England on Saturday for a couple of weeks or so here, so I can simply hand over the card in person).

[pat2604]

When I sent them I used to send them,like Red, just five days before bysecond class. Basically because I don't like receiving early Christmas cards coming and Christmas cheer should start just a few days before Christmas, not weeks before.

[Patsy33]

Neighbours cards last week before Xmas.
Relatives 2 weeks before. My sister in Canada by the 6th.

[rowanwitch]

About a week before, very few these days, any I can deliver by hand as and when I see people in December.

[Smowball]

It seems that people are tending to post fewer cards these days.

[rowanwitch]

I think it's because we are in almost constant contact via social media, cards used to be a way of keeping in touch with family and friends who lived a long way off. Having retired I no longer have workmates to write cards for and most of my old neighbours a phave died of gone into care homes.

[emmie]

will post mine to the friend in Australia soon, and the rest mid December.

[theshedman]

Already had cards from my brother and he only lives in the midlands. Haven't even bought mine yet.

[emmie]

at least he is thinking of you tsm..

[theshedman]

Or maybe he thought he may forget me if he left it till later lol.

[emmie]

perhaps.....