Ceasing Christmas Cards

[March-Hare]

Thinking of not sending cards after this year - not any that have to go in the post anyway, as it's costing too much. Want to add a note to this year's cards to advise this is the last year ..... how do I put it?

[ELVIS68]

You could look at it that way Buenchico

Bah Humbug!

[FredPuli43]

Correct, Buenchico. Some of my relatives are using the same list as my late mother had. Some of them send cards to her and she has been dead 5 years. And we would not recognise each other in a room of ten people. Some of them are people who would try to touch her for money. I wonder whether I should tell them that she is unlikely to reward their optimism!

[Buenchico]

>>>Some of them send cards to her and she has been dead 5 years

I suggest informing your relatives of your mother's death and then sending them cards apparently from her. That should leave them suitably confused and worried ;-)

[jeffa]

Quite right!

"This card comes to you from heaven. St Peter tells me you're too stupid to ever make it up here."

[March-Hare]

Elvis .... I was saying I don't want to send any ... not those which have to be posted. ...
I wasnt saying I don't have any to post ..... I think you misread it. Don't want to love the pockets of the post office at all, second class or otherwise!

[spudqueen]

Well it does sound as though you don't want to post any! If you don't then just don't. You could put a note in each card this year saying that from next year you won't be sending any cards and will instead be making a donation to charity. Or just don't send any next year! Or prune your list to people you really do want to stay in touch with, I lost about 30 people on my list by just thinking about each person, how long it was since I'd last seen them, and how much I wanted to stay in touch with them. But as been pointed out, you can get packs of cards really cheap, and send any 2nd class. And remember, stamps are no dearer this year than they were last year!

[boxtops]

we always use 2nd class for Christmas cards - and have pruned some out each year.

[nellypope]

Christmas cards are definitely on the decline, I find it kind of sad. Although as someone previously mentioned a similar story, my brother (who lives in my mum's old house) still gets a cards from overseas friends addressed to my mum, who passed away 8 years ago, they never leave an address for themselves so we cant tell them . . . I applaud their persistence ;-)

[chakka35]

Unless you are desperately poor, if you have that mercenary attitude to sending cards you are best not sending them anyway. Hope you get lots.

[maggiebee]

Always handed out to all my neighbours (approx. 12) Last year I didn't and guess how many I got? ONE. Feel they only gave because I had, so only my very dear next-door neighbour will get one this year.

[jomifl]

Send ecards to those who can deal with them next year but this year add a note saying something to the effect that you have decided to grasp the future and move fully into the digital era, save trees, and pollution caused by the paper industry . You will probably find suitable guff in some political party inspirational speeches.