Will you be sending Christmas cards this year?
Sending Christmas cards is an age old tradition dating back some 172 years. They give us a reason to connect with old friends and family and spread the Christmas cheer.
But with the cost of postage and the rise of the Internet and social media, is this tradition soon to be written into the history books?
The Royal Mail has released a new collection of festive stamps today. The cost of a second class stamp – now 54p – is deterring many, and the decline in sales of Christmas cards that first began at the onset of the credit crisis is beginning to accelerate.
Reports suggest that the older generation, who traditionally would contact old friends each year, is being put off by postage costs. The younger generation, which does everything online, isn’t interested in physically sending a card.
What are your views? Do you enjoy receiving Christmas cards? Have you always sent Christmas cards to friends and family? Is this a tradition that you will continue? Do you prefer to donate the equivalent money to charity? Or have times changed and so have your Christmas card sending habits?
Will you be sending Christmas cards this year?
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I used to send about a hundred.
I told everyone, in the card itself, that this would be my last year and that in future I would donate £100 to my chosen charity in lieu of cards and stamps.
I had their full support.
And those who don,t have internet. TOUGH. LOL
So I will be sending lots of Christmas cards as always.
I support where I can when I can. But we all need colour and fun in our lives.
I haven't sat down to a Christmas dinner with another person in all that time, but I do assure you, it becomes progressively less and less important as the years roll by.
However, I hope every one of you have the Crimbo you deserve.
For an idea of how to view Christmas, I prefer the Scandinavian example. Christmas in UK is just crass and vulgar.