Are Christmas Cards a Waste?

Are Christmas cards a waste? .....absolutely not. There is no substitute for a handwritten card, in a hand addressed envelope, with a Christmas stamp attached. Sending Christmas cards is not about us, it is about those who receive them. If we want to save money, all of a sudden, let's cut back on what we spend on ourselves.

Photo "cards" and e-cards are just not the same. We should remember those we love and care about at Christmas-time with a card, showing them that they are worth the effort and expense.

The card sending is dying slowly, we shouldn't speed it up by pulling the plug on our watch!

NOEL
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We should not send Christmas cards for the wrong reason......
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I have a red felt holder similar to yours, Meanderer, only 4 pockets, though. I am not even getting it out this year. No family party exchange and I am not mailing any, so do not expect any.
 
debodun said:
I have a red felt holder similar to yours, Meanderer, only 4 pockets, though. I am not even getting it out this year. No yoursfamily party exchange and I am not mailing any, so do not expect any.
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My Wife's Grandma made that, and we have used it every Christmas for 40 years. Why not hang yours up, you never know!
 

I send out just a few. Many that I used to send to are now gone. I love receiving cards though. The very special ones I save and any with notes in them. I do go through them, maybe not every year but once in awhile I pull the box out reminisce.
The ones I receive that are box cards I make tags out of them or use them as a backing in my recipe box.
 
Years ago one of my female cousins used to make handmade cards. Some were 3-D works of art. The last few years they've just been store-bought cards. I don't know why she stopped doing it. I often praised her efforts, so it wasn't thankless. People just don't seem to want to be troubled with effort anymore.
 
I like to send and receive Christmas cards, buying them in the January Sales and hand delivering most of them

Cards I receive are given to a school, nursery or care home, to make their own cards, collages and calendars the following year
 
Some of them are so pretty, I've bought them in thrift stores just for the design and pictures. Didn't get to go through any this year. Again, hopefully next year.
 
My problem is that my mother bought new cards every year even if there were ones left over from the previous year. They build up a quantity after a while. After she passed, I went through them and culled out the ones I particularly didn't care for the design and put them on the give away table at the senior center. I must still have at least a hundred - mostly country winter landscapes and various animals. I used to give them away to my meal clients, too. This year I didn't make much headway because of cancelled events and the suspended meal service. There's a whole unopened box of cards somewhere underneath these.

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I subscribe to Jacquie Lawson animated e-cards, which I send out for Valentine's, Easter, Thanksgiving. At $10 per annum, or $20 per 2 years, it's a bargain.

Birthdays, I send out paper cards. This year, we've sent paper cards to family for Christmas. All told, a dozen - the exact amount in the box.
 

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