Kari C in SC Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) I have photo cards in my cart at Vistaprint. Getting ready to hit submit and wondering if people are still even sending cards. I get less and less each year and I miss seeing the cards. So, what does the hive say? Edited November 10, 2012 by Kari C in SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I gave up sending them a few years back. I do notice that I get fewer and fewer. However, I do enjoy receiving them.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Yes. My friends all still send photo cards of their kids, and I really enjoy seeing pics of everyone's kids, even if we don't stay in touch a lot the rest of the year. I ordered mine pretty early this year, which was good because a week later we were dealing with Sandy, basement issues, etc. We used TinyPrints this year. I don't know how to vote because I don't write a "letter" but I do handwrite something personal on every card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stayseeliz Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We send cards with a photo but I don't send them to every person I've ever met in my life. Just family and close friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 yes. cards definitely. picture maybe. i've yet to decide. it's expensive these days to mail cards out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We enjoy doing our photo card and letter. We have copies in a photo album from our 20+ years of marriage and we all love reading through the album every year. Our letter is more funny than braggy, sometimes poignant in the tough years. Dh loves photography and usually manages to get a nice family portrait. He adds a greeting in photoshop and we just get 4x6 prints--very cheap. Family and friends say they love getting them, we love doing them, so yeah, we'll continue with the tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I just don't anymore. We used to write a Christmas letter and either send it alone or enclose it in a card, but then there were some years we just didn't want to summarize. And my brother got offended by our "May God bless you this year" type endings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I send cards with a photo and a note (sometimes) ever other year or so. I always send them USPS. This year I am making a point of sending cards because I appreciate the post office! I really like this year's Christmas stamp. I think cards in the mail is a nice tradition...I hope it comes back somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We do photo cards to family members and close friends but I've cut way back on the list of people to whom I send them. Too expensive and too much of a hassle to send out large numbers of cards like I did in past years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanSue Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I try to send it all every year (card, letter, photo) but some years we only have two of the three. I love the Christmas card tradition. I love getting cards, pictures, and photos in the mail. And I'm doing my part to keep it alive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I used to send cards with photo(s) and a letter. Now that I blog regularly I just don't feel like rehashing everything in a letter. It is also very cost-effective (and time-efficient) to get the photo cards printed. I take our own photos and often design the card (collage/quotes/etc.). So I send a photo card with greetings and our blog address printed on it. I voted card and photo, even though the photo *is* the card. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) We only send the odd card these days to a couple of older relatives usually with their gift. A second class stamp costs 50p now, it's just too expensive to send the long list of cards we used to send. We give cards to people we see though. I am not that fussed about recieving them and I think they are a bt of a waste of money and resources really. Half the time they have glitter or shiny metal bits on them so they can't go in our recycling. They alos have a habit of containing brag letters from distant relatives that I barely remember the names and haven't met. I just don't see the point. Edited November 11, 2012 by lailasmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Yes, of course. But I only send about 20 cards. I don't send them to people I'm probably going to see, and I usually send them to folks who live far away and with I just want to stay in touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Honestly, it's too flipping expensive for me to consider this yr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We send a photo card and a letter. I love writing the Christmas letter and I love getting thm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I stopped a few years ago. I actually had planned on doing something this year since I had expected a new address, but things are just too crazy now at the end of the year. I used to get a lot more when I sent them and now I hardly get any. It makes me kind of sad, but it is very expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I send cards to lots of people. Some of those people will get photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeachingTwins Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We starting sending e-cards through Smilebox two or three years ago. I love doing it this way. It's very inexpensive compared to mailing cards, and takes less time to throw together. I usually upload 7 or 8 pictures to go with the card, which is more than I would send by mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Other. I would like to send cards. I would like to send cards every year. Some years, I even get cards to send... And now I have a pile of boxes of cards because there is a flaw in my plan somewhere between the getting and the sending. And I do love marshmallows in my hot chocolate. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I have photo cards in my cart at Vistaprint. Getting ready to hit submit and wondering if people are still even sending cards. I get less and less each year and I miss seeing the cards. So, what does the hive say? I send them. Lifelong habit, but rarely reciprocated these days. I used to get 30-40 a year and tape them all up. Now it's 5-10 and most of them are from businesses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 We starting sending e-cards through Smilebox two or three years ago. I love doing it this way. It's very inexpensive compared to mailing cards, and takes less time to throw together. I usually upload 7 or 8 pictures to go with the card, which is more than I would send by mail. Do people open online stuff? I never do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspasia Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I like getting Christmas cards, but I never send them. Honestly, most of the people I know are on Facebook, which kind of renders Christmas cards obsolete. I get a card and think, "Wow, what a great picture! And it was equally great when you posted it on Facebook right after you got it." The letters don't usually add much either if the person is active on Facebook. I probably should send cards to people like my grandma and certain others who never get on the Internet to see my blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksr5377 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I LOVE getting cards and so I send them, despite the hassle. A few years ago I thought about stopping, especially to people who I only interract with via Christmas card. However, I realized that even though I'm not really close to them anymore, I do like to hear from them at Christmas and find out that they are doing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Please send them. I do, every year. And every year, we get fewer and fewer back. And every year, I get sadder and sadder that no one can be bothered to keep in touch in even that small way. Please don't leave the people on your list feeling like I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbeth Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I like getting Christmas cards, but I never send them. Honestly, most of the people I know are on Facebook, which kind of renders Christmas cards obsolete. I get a card and think, "Wow, what a great picture! And it was equally great when you posted it on Facebook right after you got it." The letters don't usually add much either if the person is active on Facebook. I probably should send cards to people like my grandma and certain others who never get on the Internet to see my blog. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I'm only sending a very few this year, mostly to elderly relatives who don't do email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Please send them. I do, every year. And every year, we get fewer and fewer back. And every year, I get sadder and sadder that no one can be bothered to keep in touch in even that small way. Please don't leave the people on your list feeling like I do. I think about you every year when I am doing my Christmas cards on our drive. We drive through Orlando on the way to see my family, and I always wish I could put one in the mail to you, even though you wouldn't have a clue who we are. Your posts are one of the reasons I keep my Christmas card list big each year. I love getting Christmas cards. I love sending Christmas cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeschoolMamaOfTwo Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I send personalized cards with our photos printed on them from the place I order them from, but not a ton. Probably 20/30 total. And I try to get them for free. I got 10 free that were even mailed and sent out free with a coupon code. I also got 10 free cards from another company with a coupon code that were mailed to me and that I have to send out myself. I have some people I send to every year, and then I get a few extra so that if I get a card from someone I can send a return card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I'm sending off cards along with our family photo in a package that includes all the gifts for dh's family that is across the U.S. So no additional postage for each card for the 10 families there. To my friends, they will get an email version. My siblings and my parents will get snail mail. So this year I will still send them but am able to send majority without paying the postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyco Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I voted other because this year we're just sending the photo with a greeting printed on it. No card or letter planned. I've noticed we get more and more of these every year. I'll probably include a written note for some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Other. I would like to send cards. I would like to send cards every year. Some years, I even get cards to send... And now I have a pile of boxes of cards because there is a flaw in my plan somewhere between the getting and the sending. And I do love marshmallows in my hot chocolate. :) This is me. We do usually send out a few. Most years I'm ecstatic if only a couple have a January postmark. Then I do something even sillier. I buy boxes of cards in those after-Christmas sales, as though next year I'm really going to need more cards. I'm pretty sure all of our non-religious friends have received the same card three years in a row because we still haven't finished that box of cards. My aunt has kids around the same age as mine. Every year she sends out a beautiful card with pictures of her family. Let's count the dozens of ways she is more on top of things than I am. She sends out cards that arrive before the holiday. She has pictures taken for those cards so that they are ready. She schedules the appointment with a photographer early enough to have photos to use for her cards. She has already done at least the first step for her Christmas cards before I've figured out what the kids will wear for Halloween. Sometimes I feel bad that my kids will look back and realize how not "together" their mother is. We also have a Christmas tradition *ahem* of buying one of the last trees in the tree lot, every single year. I keep telling my husband that one of these years all the trees will already be gone, but we've squeaked by with some poor, scraggly, unwanted leftover trees so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Do people open online stuff? I never do. That's what I was wondering. I never open e-cards. I also don't read blogs (too much to keep up with). Oh, I don't do Facebook either. :D So, yes, I do send cards because I have many people that I truly only communicate with at Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 If I do, it will be online except for the grandmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Normally I send a fun family letter--all the crazy high points of the year (not the bragging, the hysterical life with 6 kids stories), but I don't know if I'll get it done in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Normally I send a fun family letter--all the crazy high points of the year (not the bragging, the hysterical life with 6 kids stories), but I don't know if I'll get it done in time. My FIL does this. I usually do the picture cards but I don't have a SINGLE picture of us together yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I don't anymore. It just got too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Do people open online stuff? I never do. You really wouldn't open a PDF in an email if you knew it was a Christmas newsletter and photos? People could even read it on a tablet or ebook reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 You really wouldn't open a PDF in an email if you knew it was a Christmas newsletter and photos? People could even read it on a tablet or ebook reader. No, it would look like spam, and would probably have been dumped in my spam filter anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I send out a photo card with the kids' pictures on it. I used to send a letter too but due to various reasons I stopped doing that. Most of our Christmas card recipients are relatives. Some of the older folks don't use the computer much and they seem to enjoy receiving the photo cards. Every year, though, we receive fewer and fewer cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I said card only, but I send Very Very few. I think I'm down to two. My sister, who gets a card from my son, and my father's last living cousin, who is 92 and writes a bang-up letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Looks like I'm behind the times (like usual!). This will be my first year EVER sending cards and I'm going to do one of those picture cards. DH is trying to dissuade me but I'm excited about it because I love getting them and figured I should send one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I will send a few cards out, mainly to old college friends that we hear from about once a year, when we all send cards at the holidays. Most people have gone to the photo cards, and that's what I do now as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 No, it would look like spam, and would probably have been dumped in my spam filter anyway. Why would a personal email look like spam or trigger a junk mail filter? We must be talking about different things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I love writing Christmas cards and sending them. I used to hand-write a note in every card, but a few years ago finally gave in and wrote a Christmas letter, but made sure it was only half-page long! We have lived in many places over the years, and I love keeping in touch with old friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 A story from my family. Elderly relative asked bachelor member of family to mail out a large quantity of Christmas cards. He put them in his trunk. Christmas got busy. He never mailed them. Forgot about it altogether. Old aunt dies the next summer. Around Christmas, bachelor opens his trunk and sees stamped envelopes. And he mails them...... After some heart palpitations from many family members, folks realize who is responsible, and stop trying to fix him up with anyone. :) I can only imagine the horror and hilarity that was delivered in this one decision. So...I am a no vote on the card thing. (Ya think?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljenn Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Yep. Just ordered them yesterday. I usually get them from Tiny Prints, but this year I got a Groupon for Simply to Impress. I am hoping they are nice! I really enjoy getting them and enjoy seeing how everyone's kids have grown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpoy85 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I voted other, I plan to send Hanukkah Cards. I might send a photo but im not sure yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I'm so selfish. :tongue_smilie: I like to receive cards, but not to send them. I voted no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justkeepswimming Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I'm sending a card to everyone who sent us one last year. Giving up on the full "normal" list though. Totally makes me sad. I really miss the days of getting *real* pictures and cards to hang on the mantel each year. :( Emailed "Merry Christmas" or facebook posts do. not. compare. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Not any more. We can't afford all the postage from here so we may do a Christmas email. But no Christmas letter. Those bug me. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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