Christmas Cards

[Chubbo]

Do you still send Christmas cards?

I mean actual Christmas cards, not Happy Holiday, Season's Greetings, or Merry Xmas cards.

It saddens me to see one of the meaningful, traditional ways of celebrating Christmas eliminated, step by step, while the promoting the sales of merchandise. Christmas season has become greedy, thoughtless vendor's favorite time of the year.

One of the main reasons people emigrated to the USA, was because our Constitution guaranteed them the right to worship as they saw fit, but that no longer seems in style.

Chubbo

 

[UncleEd]

Do you still send Christmas cards? Christmas season has become greedy, thoughtless vendor's favorite time of the year.
Chubbo

Seems like it was just yesterday,
but it was around 1960, that
friends were mentioning this.

 

[spricks]

Yep, we still do, but only to folks that sent one to us the year before. The list gets shorter every year though. We buy Christmas cards from the Amish store here. They all have a different bible verse that apply to the season. Some stuff like this issue one can't control I guess.

 

[Salty RI]

Yup still do.

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[timjake]

Yes, we still do. But, as with others, the list gets shorter and shorter every year.

 

[waffles]

Do you still send Christmas cards?

I mean actual Christmas cards, not Happy Holiday, Season's Greetings, or Merry Xmas cards.

It saddens me to see one of the meaningful, traditional ways of celebrating Christmas eliminated, step by step, while the promoting the sales of merchandise. Christmas season has become greedy, thoughtless vendor's favorite time of the year.

One of the main reasons people emigrated to the USA, was because our Constitution guaranteed them the right to worship as they saw fit, but that no longer seems in style.

Chubbo

Sounds like they're worshipping (or not) exactly the way they see fit, just not the way you want them too.

I dont write Christmas cards or receive many, but we do plenty of calls and messages on the day of, and the function of informing your friends about the status of your family over the last year has been replaced by social media and ease of communications as things happen.

As far as the commercialization of Christmas, I think thats been a complaint longer than anyone here has been alive. I don't have much use for the non-commercial side of it, but I will agree it's a bit off-putting to see how much we're all expected to spend on presents and decorations and all of that for what is ostensibly a religious celebration commemorating the birth of a decidedly non-consumerist figure.

 

[bgrafsr]

We send Merry Christmas cards. Sent about 75 of them this year.

 

[pawngal]

Sending cards is on my agenda for tomorrow while we are getting our first snow storm of the season.
My list is very short because so many have passed away.

 

[6518John]

It saddens me to see one of the meaningful, traditional ways of celebrating Christmas eliminated, step by step, while the promoting the sales of merchandise. Christmas season has become greedy, thoughtless vendor's favorite time of the year.
Chubbo

Chubbo—I suggest you watch a Charlie Brown Christmas. You and Charlie have a lot of the same questions and I bet you will find some of the same answers!

 

[MRB1]

I guess it was in the mid 80s that we noticed fewer and fewer cards being received and sent. Every year the number dropped. Nothing this year going out or in. Postage is too expensive and there's no guarantee that the card will be delivered before 2050.

 

[CH4]

No, I don't have time. I've also been boycotting Hallmark and others who charge usurious prices for their stuff. If I absolutely need a card, I can get 2 for a buck at the $ store. I don't mind spending $$ on practical gifts, but greeting cards that cost $5 to $10 are silly.

I have many friends who call annually to make sure they have my current address. I tell them to spend their money on kids, food, fuel etc.; a phone call or text is nice.

Merry Christmas

 

[Golddollar]

Do you still send Christmas cards?

I sure do, and I send Hanukkah cards also. I have a multitude of extended family, and a lot of people who became like family over the decades from grade school, high school, college, law school and life. I have a lot of folks tell me how much they enjoy my Christmas cards with some humor in them. And to everyone they see that at least once a year that I'm upright and functioning. My parents were very big on sending Christmas cards and I just carried on the tradition.

 

[Maddog 521]

We send them every year. Mrs. MD buys them after Christmas when they are 1/2 price for next year.

 

[375hh1973]

No and none of our friends do either.

Dad used to but doesn't anymore.

 

[Chuck24]

Working at the post office kinda soured me on Christmas cards. All you did from Thanksgiving to Christmas was work and try to fit in a little eating and sleeping.

 

[6518John]

This is Ebenezer Scrooge central. It would not surprise me to see four ghosts visit some here.

 

[Rustyt1953]

My mom (88) has an affinity for the written word and penmanship. She loves to send/receive cards and letters as she appreciates the personal touch and it is a carryover from her days before electronic communications.

I, on the other hand, am glad I live in an age where thoughts and images can be instantly transmitted to anywhere on this planet.

Besides, with all the constant complaints here about the Postal Service I could be just rolling the dice with Christmas cards.

 

[sigp220.45]

Nope, not for years.

When I did, it was more of the Happy Holidays variety, anyways. 12/25ish was a holiday long before Christmas came along. I didn't sort out my Hannukah friends or Kwanzaa pals or Pagan buddies or Native American homies or atheist chums - they all got the same cards. Now I don't bother with it.

I love Christmas because it was a big deal when I was a kid and I made it a big deal for my kids. I still do.

So - Happy Holidays to all!

 

[oldbrownhat]

This is Ebenezer Scrooge central. It would not surprise me to see four ghosts visit some here.

How about this one?

 

[Rudi]

Mine were all sent last week. As of today, have not received any myself.