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Christmas cards: are you sending any this year?

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  • springdreams
    springdreams Posts: 3,623 Forumite
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    Yes - by post
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  • tgroom57
    tgroom57 Posts: 1,432 Forumite
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    Yes - by post
    I can see where you are coming from with not sending them. However,...

    An elderly friend of mine rather enjoys receiving Christmas cards, and they constitute a good 50% of her Christmas decorations.

    I donate 'things' to the charity shops. Money goes towards their work but 'things' have the advantage of bringing in new customers as well as money.
  • marco1dog
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    Yes - by post
    I am sending mine this year and giving out as many as possible. I am adding a bit of paper in some to say I will not be wending them next year and asking for their e mail address. The money will go to Dog's Trust instead next year. I feel it will be of more use to them especially as the Post Office has changed.
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  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,874 Forumite
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    Yes - by post
    :xmassmile I am just finishing making my cards and will be posting out about 60 or so. I love getting cards and displaying them and e-cards just aren't the same to me.
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  • nanto3girls
    nanto3girls Posts: 5,974 Forumite
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    Yes - by post
    I posted 32 cards yesterday. Neighbours cards will be posted by hand. Don't like e-cards.
  • MrsGSR
    MrsGSR Posts: 1,041 Forumite
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    No - saying Merry Christmas on facebook etc - it's free
    No, but I have sent two to old friends I don't see very often and one to my grandparents. I've never liked cards and the clutter they create.
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  • i make handmade paper and impregnate it with seeds
    i then stamp them and i wrote a naff poem :o
    explaining what to do with it

    i hate the clutter of cards, these i give to people
    imagine them sprouting in the post if they got damp:eek:

    thats it
    dont like ecards either
  • Yes - by post
    I make my present budgets a little less so I can splurge on lovely cards and postage - it spreads a lot of cheer.

    A cheap flimsy card merely saying "To X from Y" is a waste of a stamp though.
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    Yes - by post
    I'll be giving the cards to people when I'm seeing them, and posting the rest.

    Probably, I'll be posting about 15 cards.

    I don't enjoy writing the cards, I almost have to force myself to do it - it's very boring.

    But on the other hand, I like receiving them - when they are all hung up on the line, they make a nice festive display.
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  • bossymoo
    bossymoo Posts: 6,924 Forumite
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    No - saying Merry Christmas on facebook etc - it's free
    I will send to relatives we rarely see, who live too far to visit. Other than that, I will wish a merry christmas in person. Hate writing cards. I've donated money also, in lieu of.
    Bossymoo

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