Christmas cards, dying out?

[Gemini]

I love Christmas cards, both sending and receiving.

It seems that younger generations send less and less, preferring an e card or just a text or greeting on Facebook.
My DDs don't exchange as many cards with friends now as OH and I do.

Many people post on FB that they are not sending cards, but donating to charity instead. My personal opinion is that this is a bit of a cheek, they should use their own money to donate, not that of the friends they would send cards to!

This year my ex OH told us all that apart from a few far flung family or friends they are nor sending cards. But no mention of donating to charity!!

Do you think Christmas cards will die out with our generation?

[Oma]

My DD hasn't sent Christmas cards for many years now she just thinks they are a waste of money.
myself I like to give them and receive them but I don't post as many as I used too. I try to hand deliver as many as I can and it's a chance to say hello how are you to people I don't see regularly.
I do think the younger generation don't think about them anymore its a dying tradition

[Mimi]

So far the Christmas cards we have received are from the ‘older generation ‘ . I’m not expecting any from the younger members of the family and friends, if we do get some it will be a lovely surprise.
I really love Christmas cards , I was excited to see that there were some on the mat when we arrived home.

[Qwerty]

I agree Oma after all it’s a Victorian thing, I do like a nice card but, they are becoming few and far between, and I don’t send as many , so many people unfortunately passed away or OHs have passed and they don’t feel like bothering anymore as it’s not the same they tell me when you lose your partner , I can understand that, as for donating to charity I know my children get so many cards from work it gets out of hand, so maybe a cut back is ok but feel that immediate family should send cards to their families

[Enfys]

Over the past couple of years I have cut down on the number of cards I send. Now it’s immediate family and close friends. The money I save by not sending so many cards plus the postage goes towards a donation to our local Cancer Care Trust. I feel that does far more good than sending extra cards which will,just get binned in a few days. If I don’t see or hear from people from one year to the next I just don’t see the point in sending cards

[Nanto2girls]

I like to send and receive cards. Hope the tradition doesn't die out.
Quite a few on Facebook have said they don't like cards, saying they clutter up the place.
Now,no-one hates clutter more than me,but i think if you display them nicely,they don't look like clutter.

[Plantaholic]

I like to send cards to people I don't see to wish them a good Christmas, I am not so keen on receiving cards from people I see very frequently handed to me when we meet, I feel a verbal wish for a Happy Christmas is enough.

[Nana]

I get Christmas cards I send in the after Christmas sale so that saves on the expense. The need for a bank loan came when I needed 30 stamps. I love sending & receiving cards.

My nephew has their family card made. His children age from 3-nearly 9 & they dress for a nativity scene photo. I think this may be the last, as I doubt the eldest will want to do it next yr.

I hope we don't loose the card tradition.

[Daisy]

I like to send (and hopefully receive) cards from old friends who I may not see from year to the next, but whose friendship I have valued over the years. When you've shared even a few years of your life with someone but are then separated by distance, they're still friends, and I still care about them.

I was really touched this summer after my cousin died and we were thrown into having to deal with everything. I had no family to help, but I contacted a brother and sister who I've known all my life and always kept in touch with, and they were there immediately to help us, make us laugh and generally made a huge difference. Sometimes we've only exchanged Christmas cards with a scrawled message but the lovely thing was that because we'd always kept in touch, we knew what was going on in each other's lives and OH who had never even met the brother got on with him like a house on fire. That's worth everything. So I'll continue to send cards to old friends and hope they send them to me.

[Gemini]

On Monday we had lunch with my auntie and spent the afternoon with her.
She had sent her cards out early to include her new address. This had prompted two separate phone calls from old friends, and messages on the cards which had arrived. One, an ex boss said auntie still remained one of his most efficient ladies I could see what getting messages from people in her life for so long did for her.
Long live the Christmas card!

[Clover]

I certainly think Christmas cards are dying out with the younger generations.It’s so easy, and I suppose natural for the youngsters to use social media. A lot of DD’s friends have sent on- line greetings and said they will donate to charity. DD said she’s only had a few in the post ,far fewer than before. Personally I think it’s a tradition that would be a shame to lose but it is so expensive these days to send a lot of cards and perhaps people nowadays lead such busy lives that time is in short supply.