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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Brazen on December 10, 2013, 06:52:57 AM

Poll
Question: Are you ho, ho, ho or no, no, no?
Option 1: Yes, to friends, relatives, colleagues, business associates - you name it! votes: 2
Option 2: Yes, to a moderate circle of friends, relatives and immediate team at work. votes: 3
Option 3: Yes, just to a select few friends and family. votes: 5
Option 4: No, I send some crappy electronic alternative. votes: 0
Option 5: No, none at all, I'm the Grinch. votes: 13
Title: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Brazen on December 10, 2013, 06:52:57 AM
I fall under option 2, a total of 20-odd mailed and half a dozen to be hand delivered. Started with the international ones last week and popped the bulk in the postbox this morning. I love getting cards so like to spread the joy.

Mind you, at 60p a pop for first class stamps these days, it isn't a cheap undertaking!
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Zanza on December 10, 2013, 07:07:11 AM
No.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Legbiter on December 10, 2013, 07:10:27 AM
My wife sends a few out to close friends and family.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Josquius on December 10, 2013, 07:28:27 AM
No, I hate cards. They're wasteful
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Grey Fox on December 10, 2013, 07:54:43 AM
While I love Christmas, I don't have a tradition that involves sending christmas card.


I better not have that P, Glitter Berry.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Valmy on December 10, 2013, 08:55:03 AM
Yep.  All my friends and family get the joy of getting a tree-killing Christmas card from me every year.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Valmy on December 10, 2013, 08:56:03 AM
Quote from: Tyr on December 10, 2013, 07:28:27 AM
No, I hate cards. They're wasteful

Recyclable :goodboy:
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Brazen on December 10, 2013, 09:46:10 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 10, 2013, 08:56:03 AM
Quote from: Tyr on December 10, 2013, 07:28:27 AM
No, I hate cards. They're wasteful

Recyclable :goodboy:
Mine benefit a forestry charity  :lol:
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: lustindarkness on December 10, 2013, 09:50:36 AM
Yes, just to a select few friends and family: Mom and deployed firends.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Ed Anger on December 10, 2013, 09:57:18 AM
Yep.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: CountDeMoney on December 10, 2013, 10:20:12 AM
Maybe less than 12, if the holiday mood suits me.  But this year everybody can eat a bag of yuletide Baby Jesus dicks.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: 11B4V on December 10, 2013, 10:50:05 AM
 :o Monstrously Shocking
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: CountDeMoney on December 10, 2013, 10:54:47 AM
I've already FedEx'd you your bag, Scooter.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: 11B4V on December 10, 2013, 11:02:01 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 10, 2013, 10:54:47 AM
I've already FedEx'd you your bag, Scooter.

How thoughtful.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on December 10, 2013, 11:24:11 AM
I send one card, to my mother, she nags me mercilessly about it in the run-up to Christmas. Apparently last years card did not make the grade, it was a slightly foxed budget card that I found in my wife's stash. She requires a "decent" card this year. I don't really know what that means though, it is like asking Captain Hornblower to hum an improvised catchy tune  :hmm:
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Brazen on December 10, 2013, 11:47:35 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 10, 2013, 11:24:11 AM
I don't really know what that means though, it is like asking Captain Hornblower to hum an improvised catchy tune  :hmm:
:lol:

You can't beat M&S. Good quality, charities benefit, cheaper than card shops, and you can get one tastefully artistic, mother-specific or both. And they have a three for two on cards and wrapping at the moment :P

Or you could play the kid card (pun intended) like Nick Clegg's family:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1139.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn541%2FBerenice67%2Fcleggs_zps43271b37.jpg&hash=7f284aba718482d64eaf47a7de5e7cfb1ab30b9e)
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Brazen on December 10, 2013, 11:53:58 AM
As usual, I mucked up one of the cards I wrote last night and put it to one side to be recycled (or until someone's name came up that I could adapt to my mis-writing). By the time I'd enveloped and stamped all the cards, that one had gone missing. So someone will receive a card that says "To P..." and nothing else  :lol:
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: dps on December 10, 2013, 12:11:23 PM
Used to send a lot, but now send less than a dozen, mostly hand delivered.
Title: Re: Do you send real Christmas cards?
Post by: Syt on December 10, 2013, 12:54:33 PM
I haven't spoken to my mother in 5 years, but it appears I've just received a card from her. I'm not drunk enough to open it yet. I may put it off till the weekend.