Stopping sending cards

caroln said:
When I go to my daughter's house for Christmas I see all my grandkids (and her of course) but I still bring those "special" Christmas cards for each of them. Why am I doing that??? If I wasn't going to see them at Christmas, that's a different story. My grandson, 9 years old, doesn't even open his card. Just throws it on the floor and opens his presents. For what I spend on cards ($5 - $8 each) I could have provided a turkey to feed all of them. It's a Hallmark "tradition" that needs to go away.
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same hear @caroln ,I once found a card I gave to one of my Grandsons under a rug , he had taken the Money out first though .I guess he didnt like the card .. hes matured a bit now though, but it did hurt my feelings at the time ..
 

kburra said:
Of Course, no need to send cards anymore, because you all now have Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Email, and numerous others!
so why worry about spending a few dollars and buying a card that you have chosen to give joy to the recipient by opening something physical, that is the trouble with our world today, so many of us don`t do things like we used to, just be nice and kind.
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Just curious: I wonder who does the shopping for the cards, writing in them, addressing and stamping the envelopes, and then taking to the Post Office in your household? (If it's like mine and the wife is the only one handling all that, then it becomes clearer why one gets tired of it.)
 
I still send sympathy cards and will continue to do so.

I really enjoy receiving cards and always put a lot of thought into selecting just the right card to send to close family members.

But I have greatly reduced the amount of Christmas cards I send since I’ve come to realize they mean little to those that receive them.

in my family, any cards we receive go on display for a week or so. Really meaningful ones from close family are kept for a year, maybe more, but then we start culling them.
 

I used to enjoy sending cards to family members at a distance who didn't use facebook. Shoebox greeting cards were funny, artsy and so affordable. I always found the perfect card with them, but I can't find them anymore so I just stopped this year sending cards where there is no reciprocity. And, I'm not sorry. :censored:
 
Seriously, I'm happy for those of you who love your greeting cards, buy them, send them, keep them displayed for weeks, you like it and it's all good.

Curious about what you do when someone on your list doesn't reciprocate?
 
Cards and physical presents ended years ago for me. It was agreed upon. Occasionally I’ll get a card and it goes in the garbage. It doesn’t give me joy.
 
Myrtle said:
Seriously, I'm happy for those of you who love your greeting cards, buy them, send them, keep them displayed for weeks, you like it and it's all good.

Curious about what you do when someone on your list doesn't reciprocate?
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She's a relative with serious health issues. She's always having surgery on something and it felt like an act of kindness on my part. But I'm drawing the line even with relatives now because my patience has worn that thin.
 
Christmas 2022 was the last year that I sent holiday cards. Over the past 4-5 years, fewer people were sending cards but I continued to do so because I enjoyed it. But times have changed. I do still send birthday cards, sympathy cards and thank you notes.
 
I used to send 50 Xmas cards all with a handwriting letter and I quit 20 years ago. About 15 years ago I quit exchanging gifts with all but a few people.
 
People don't exist just on holidays. If you care about someone, they exist 365 days a year. I used to send Christmas and birthday cards, but I got tired of sending them to people I never heard from and to those who didn't reciprocate. I especially got tired of not being thanked for the monetary gifts sent with the cards. If I send a gift, I at least expect it to be acknowledged with a simple thank-you. Now, I send cards and e-cards to just a few people. That's it. The only gift I still give is a monetary one, enclosed in a card, to my lovely mail delivery lady. 📬
 
Lady said:
same hear @caroln ,I once found a card I gave to one of my Grandsons under a rug , he had taken the Money out first though .I guess he didnt like the card .. hes matured a bit now though, but it did hurt my feelings at the time ..
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If he was like my grandson, it wasn't that he didn't like the card. To them a card is just the vehicle for delivering the money! ;)
 
I use a card service that mails cards for me. I pick out the card, type the receiver’s name and address and include a note if I chose to. Depending on what choices I make, decides the price. So, hypothetically, if I want to mail 20 Christmas cards, I will pick out the card, type the names and addresses, include a note to anyone of the recipients, if I choose to do so and the card company does the rest. I can include 5 different notes to different people or no notes. The company does the rest. It sounds quirky, I know, but once you get things rolling by using the service, it makes things easy.
Card Service
 
Everyone I know is on their computers or cellphones. I send e-cards. Nice animated ones, doesn't cost much and some of them are fun!

I send e-cards and/or flowers to a few of our friends who are alone and isolated. Especially during the pandemic/lockdown, it was good to spread a little happiness.
 
caroln said:
Why buy a card that gets looked at once and thrown away? It's like like throwing $8 into the trash. Instead of a card I could just add that amount to a gift instead.
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I just spent $9.99 on a card for my wife for our 20th anniversary. It was a nice card, but nothing really astronomical.

Greeting cards are getting out-of-control, most are either "cliche", or idiotic or just plain hackneyed and un-creative.

I imagine the suicide rate among greeting card writers is through the roof. shrug.gif
 

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