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Are Christmas Cards So 1999?

Is it just me or are there a lot fewer Christmas cards in your stack of holiday mail this year?

I received less than half the number of Christmas cards I received just last year.&nbsp  Maybe the fact that mailing a card now costs 44&nbsp¢ has something to do with it.&nbsp  This is certainly a year in which no one can be blamed for cutting expenses.

But has the concept of Christmas cards really become outdated in a world that relies so much more on cellular phones, email and text messages?

It occurs to me that I may not have sent as many myself last year, which begs another question: have rising costs made reciprosity a requirement for sending a card?&nbsp  If you send one this year, and you don’t get one from that person, are they automatically off your list in ’10?

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the authorPatrick
Patrick is a Christian with more than 30 years experience in professional writing, producing and marketing. His professional background also includes social media, reporting for broadcast television and the web, directing, videography and photography. He enjoys getting to know people over coffee and spending time with his dog.

3 Comments

  • I can’t imagine not sending Christmas cards. It’s an annual ritual that helps put me in the holiday mood. I make the cards myself and usually have them done by November, because I am too excited to send them out. I don’t mind if people I know don’t send me a card in return, it doesn’t matter, although it is always nice to receive a card. Nobody gets removed from my list based on not sending me a card in return.

    If your card meets certain dimensional requirements, a 28-cent stamp will suffice.

  • Hi Patrick

    MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🙂

    Ummm… I have made myself a promise to NOT send anymore holiday cards. It’s not that I don’t care about the holidays, or love my friends, it just that enough is enough. Alan and I simply don’t have the money to do things the way we used to, thanks to the furloughs and the loss of $700 per month. My real friends know I love them, and anyway, most of them are in the same boat. I would feel like I let my friends down, if they all felt they had to send me a card during the holiday season just to prove how much they care. Enough already. Wish me well from whereever you are and I will get the karma you send all the way over here. 🙂

    MERRY CHRISTMAS My friend… and hugs to the pups from their Auntie Carly 🙂

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