Christmas cards

[HOGEPH]

I fecking hate getting, (and therefore having to send), christmas cards. Haven't these people heard of the internet, skype, faxes, sms, telephones?

Either they are from people I see at work most days, or from people whose only contact with me all year is one poxy card.

And don't get me started on the round robin letter enclosed in some of them. Arse!

Edited by HOGEPH on Saturday 19th December 14:36

[soad]

I think paper greetings cards are nice. Agreed, do seem to receive and send more and more e-cards each year. Saves the postage too.

But you can't beat a proper paper card, it just feels more special.

Edited by soad on Saturday 19th December 15:13

[Doofus]

HOGEPH said:

Either they are from people I see at work most days, or from people whose only contact with me all year is one poxy card.

No friends then?


Not surprising really; you sound like a miserable bd...

[Stevenj214]

I'm not particularly fond of mass market tat cards, but 2 stood out for me this year which I enjoyed receiving - one from my local councillor with a lovely picture of Merchant Square in Glasgow and one from someone I've been working with at the PDSA.

[Merlot]

You don't have to send. Don't send long enough and I'm sure you'll eventually stop receiving!

I think sending cards is a nice gesture, although I do restrict it to (very) close working colleagues, close friends and immediate family only. I think I sent about 30 this year. I know people who send hundreds!

[davidspooner]

God I remember the debate about who to send a card to, and who to miss off the list.

Don't send any now!

[remedy]

I only send one to the gf - plainly because I prefer an easy life.

I do not send and don't expect to receive from anyone else and it works quite well.

[Shaw Tarse]

When I was a paperboy I sent pressure cards begging Christmas cards to all my victims customers

[Merlot]

Shaw Tarse said:

When I was a paperboy I sent pressure cards begging Christmas cards to all my victims customers

Me too! 60 odd Xmas cards but I'd usually collect about £300 over Christmas.

[schmalex]

We send about 60 or so to family & close friends. It's a bit of a pain writing them, but we have a mail merge setup for all our family & friends' addresses & then run a print job onto sticky labels. The whole process takes about 30 minutes at the beginning of December.

Peronally, I hate e-cards & all the other impersonal ste the internet allows for. IMO, giving & receiving paper Christmas cards is a very important part of Christmas.

[Kays vRS]

I bought a box of 20 cards last Christmas to send out. I still have them all ...

[Hammer67]

HOGEPH said:

I fecking hate getting, (and therefore having to send), christmas cards. Haven't these people heard of the internet, skype, faxes, sms, telephones?

Either they are from people I see at work most days, or from people whose only contact with me all year is one poxy card.

And don't get me started on the round robin letter enclosed in some of them. Arse!

Edited by HOGEPH on Saturday 19th December 14:36

+1000. Utter,utter hogwash. I`ve already started using em as firestarters.

[becksW]

I like to send cards, I don't care re: recieving. I don't get see many family and friends often due to the length and breadth of the country they cover but a quick card is a great way to stay in touch. With some I write a very quick update (only a few lines, not a complete type written round robin, I don't really like those). It doesn't cost much.