How many people

[brenda]

actually look at the cards they write for Christmas before putting pen to paper and writing them.

My friend whose husband died 3 weeks ago , and then her cat was run over a few days later has just received a card from someone she knows, which has on the front in big gold letters "Have a fantastic Christmas".
She is in tears, I feel so mad , for her that I could punch their lights out.

Insensitive or what ?

[Postdog]

As a postman, I see cards every year for people who have moved or even died years ago. Makes you wonder why they bother.

[ChuckFickens]

to be fair, it would be kinda hard to find a card that suited the occasion in this case.

[ruthann58]

i try to

[pericat]

In that case I would send a sympathy card and not a christmas card

[denis567]

Did the sender of the card know of the sad happenings of their friend. I feel that if they were aware of the circumstances, they would not have sent the card.

[dothawkes31]

there are cards you can get that say something like, 'thinking of you at Christmas time' or something similar. especially for such cases. people just rush about and don't take notice iof what is available, i struggled to find a card for a godmother at christmas, it just takes abit of patience.

[brenda]

Thanks everyone , you are I think probably all right in your replies. Just me being on a short fuse again.Going to a party tomorrow golden oldies and all that so will punch Santa instead. May not get a pressie but ,will feel better for it. Only joking. Brenda.

[Mr Veritas]

We do not send Christmas cards!
Let me qualify that.
We have not done so now for about 35 years.
We make a Christmas card list (an extensive one, given our very large family etc)
We estimate the average price of the cards we would have sent.
We add on the cost of postage.
We then make out a cheque for the amount and send it to a charity.
This way we ensure that the money gets to the charity direct,not chanelled through some dubious "Charity" Christmas cards.
Oddly enough,every New Year someone ALWAYS thanks us for our Christmas Card,so it proves nobody really notices whether we send them one or not.LOL

[pericat]

you're dead right there Mr. V. I couldnt tell you who sent me a card and who didnt. Having said that I sent mine out during the week - I hate the task