Christmas cards, do you still send them?

horseless carriage

horseless carriage

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In her working days my wife met a retired vicar, The Reverend Mann. He and his wife had sent and received as many as five hundred Christmas cards every year. So monumental was the task that the vicar, or probably his wife, would write out two or three a week, all year round.

My wife and I still get cards from those that we befriended in the dance school in London over fifty years ago. We moved from London in the 1980's about seventy miles north to the county of Northamptonshire. We found a fabulous dance school there and made many friends, some of whom still send us Christmas greetings. When we moved south in the late 1990's we did much the same and met up with many like minded people who simply loved to dance, most of whom send us a Christmas card.

We are a long way behind The Reverend Mann in terms of number but we do cherish the cards we receive and reminisce old friends. Nowadays there's electronic cards, a sort of Christmas card e-mail. I have never sent one, in fact I don't recall receiving one either. So, are you sitting down and writing out your Christmas greetings? Or have you gone over to e-cards?
 

Yes, I always send Christmas cards out. But this is the first year that I have attempted making them.

I watched a few Youtube videos to get ideas. I cut the white paper to size, and folded it.
Then I glued the patterned Christmas paper on the precut red or green paper and taped that on the white card.
Then I added the different decorations, sayings, and gems. I am not finished yet. I also want to add
some red bows. Inside, I have also added decorative stickers. So these are my very first homemade
Christmas cards. When I get better at this, I would also like to paint watercolor designs on my cards,
but I think you need watercolor paper for that, and that might be a project for next year.
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palides2021 said:
Yes, I always send Christmas cards out. But this is the first year that I have attempted making them.

I watched a few Youtube videos to get ideas. I cut the white paper to size, and folded it.
Then I glued the patterned Christmas paper on the precut red or green paper and taped that on the white card.
Then I added the different decorations, sayings, and gems. I am not finished yet. I also want to add
some red bows. Inside, I have also added decorative stickers. So these are my very first homemade
Christmas cards. When I get better at this, I would also like to paint watercolor designs on my cards,
but I think you need watercolor paper for that, and that might be a project for next year.
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They are just lovely, better than the cards that are being sold in the stores.
 
Last year I sent out less than 10. This year I will send out 1 to DIL, and maybe (or maybe not) to my 2 brothers. And will receive 2 or so in return. Back in the day, kids at home, etc, we would send out close to 100 and get as many in return. My lovely wife (may she RIP) would tape a bunch of them to one of the door frames in the house.

And MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you! (See, I just saved sending out hundreds of cards!)
 
Buckeye said:
Last year I sent out less than 10. This year I will send out 1 to DIL, and maybe (or maybe not) to my 2 brothers. And will receive 2 or so in return. Back in the day, kids at home, etc, we would send out close to 100 and get as many in return. My lovely wife (may she RIP) would tape a bunch of them to one of the door frames in the house.

And MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you! (See, I just saved sending out hundreds of cards!)
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I liked that your late wife taped them on the door frames! I also tape them on the cabinets in the kitchen and it presents for a colorful and festive kitchen!
 
horseless carriage said:
In her working days my wife met a retired vicar, The Reverend Mann. He and his wife had sent and received as many as five hundred Christmas cards every year. So monumental was the task that the vicar, or probably his wife, would write out two or three a week, all year round.

My wife and I still get cards from those that we befriended in the dance school in London over fifty years ago. We moved from London in the 1980's about seventy miles north to the county of Northamptonshire. We found a fabulous dance school there and made many friends, some of whom still send us Christmas greetings. When we moved south in the late 1990's we did much the same and met up with many like minded people who simply loved to dance, most of whom send us a Christmas card.

We are a long way behind The Reverend Mann in terms of number but we do cherish the cards we receive and reminisce old friends. Nowadays there's electronic cards, a sort of Christmas card e-mail. I have never sent one, in fact I don't recall receiving one either. So, are you sitting down and writing out your Christmas greetings? Or have you gone over to e-cards?
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I still send them out, not as many though. And I still get some.
 
We send and receive around a dozen cards every year via snail mail. Used to be more, but some family and friends have passed on.
 
ElCastor said:
But since you asked, I will ask one of you, how does great art destroy you?
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I was fluidly psychotic when I wrote down that quote on a piece of paper.

When I penned 'Great art can destroy you', I was referring to the likes of Hemmingway committing suicide...Ali staying in the ring too long...Van Gogh cutting off his ear...etc. The artist becoming consumed and overwhelmed by his craft.
 
Yes, we do, usually about 20 or so. I will never get caught up in Text messages on my phone or Facebook or other social media, too impersonal, and if I might say it LAZY!šŸŽ„šŸŽ„
 
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