Use old Christmas cards

[debodun]

To those board members that still snail mail Christmas cards, do you buy new cards every year, or do you use "leftovers" from previous years?

I inherited so many boxes of cards, I will never use them all, so why buy more even if it is tacky to use old cards?

 

[Ken N Tx]

My wife cuts up last years cards and places them on this years gifts..

 

[debodun]

My great-aunt used to do that - she made gift tags out of old cards.

 

[ClassicRockr]

We pretty much use all of the Christmas cards we have each year, so we buy a new box. Actually, we do both.......mail out and pick some online and send.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I bought new ones this year again, we only send out a dozen or so, so we have plenty of partial boxes of nice cards left in the house. I promised myself that next year I will start to send out the older ones, so they aren't wasted. They cost too much to toss in the trash, and money doesn't grow on trees, as mom would say.

 

[Prairie dog]

The nursing homes use them as crafts.

 

[Vivjen]

I do a bit of both; new cards, and cards left over; so I don't have to buy very many.
i recycle all my received cards..

 

[Vala]

I don't send out cards anymore, but when I did use the leftovers. I'll bet no one will remember or care. I write a nice letter along with the card.