Christmas cards...the lack thereof

fannyadams wrote: »

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Additionally,

a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2015, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions have helped make our society great, without regard to the race, creed, color, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishes.

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IrishRose12 wrote: »

Well i still send cards, and always will. I'm only in my 30s but I believe in traditions and hate laziness.

I refuse to post as much as a Happy Christmas on Facebook, and I refuse to send it in a text. I dont have nor ever ask for email addresses as I prefer to speak on the telephone or face to face.

Every year as a family we make a point of sitting down and writing Christmas cards for people in our local care home and hand deliver them. The residents and workers love seeing all the children in our family and always say it brightens up the evening, the workers say how the residents live showing off their Christmas cards and display them in their rooms. Some of these residents dont have family, or don't see them often. We also give them all some biscuits, tea/coffee, sweets etc.
We also wrote cards for our local priests and nuns, along with a few gifts fo them.

The way we look at it, if we can spend hundreds of pounds on ourselves and waste money on eating out/buying sandwiches/coffees etc, cigarettes etc on ourselves everyday, the we can surely afford to spend that 60p on a stamp to let someone know we are thinking of them.

I dont believe in donating to charities at Christmas etc. And I hate that pathetic excuse of I'm not sending cards this year, I'm donating to charity instead. That to me is laziness and cheap. How do I know for sure you've donated to charity?



I don't get why you think people are obligated to spend money on a piece of decorated card and postage in order to show you that they care. How is that more thoughtful than calling you and having a meaningful conversation? Or visiting you? Or having a day/evening out with you?

Charity begins at home, and if sending a Christmas card to someone who is feeling low, lonely, worried, scared etc is too much for people to do then IMO they need to have a word with themselves.


A Christmas card isn't going to help very much. But a meaningful telephone conversation, or a visit, definitely would!

For all we know one of those Christmas cards could help save someone's life. They could be really depressed that day, really upset over something and thinking why should they be here anymore?
Maybe all they get is bills or hospital appointments through their letterbox, so a Christmas card could cheer them up and take their mind of things for a minute or 2. Seeing the card on their mantelpiece may bring a smile to their face when they're feeling down.
The thought that you have taken the time to sit down and write them a card, write their address on that envelope and spend 60p on a stamp means a hell of a lot more to someone than an generic email, a silly text or words that most times mean nothing.