Comments on: Sending Christmas Cards, A Dying Tradition

By: Diane Svoboda

Diane Svoboda — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:23:07 +0000

I totally agree with your comment…”Email is nice but it doesn’t say I care the same way an envelope in the letterbox does.” My card list has gotten smaller as people have died or moved away and out of my life, but I still love to get cards and send them. It’s the only time of the year you can say “yes, I don’t see you often, but I wish you a happy Christmas and happy and healthy new year.”

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:17:18 +0000

I totally believe Christmas cards are not only a wonderful tradition, but a way to stay in touch with relatives and friends that you might only see once a year or at a funeral or wedding. It’s a lovely tradition to continue. I suspect those who don’t want to send cards are to lazy or self-absorbed to bother. I feel that it is a great way to stay in touch with others…to let them know that I still think about them even though it is hard or impossible to get together in life.

By: Judy Ellis

Judy Ellis — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 03:39:52 +0000

I too have noticed the decline in Christmas cards, and I do not like it. Every year I always write a Christmas letter to up date people I haven’t seen all year. I received a card from a friend one time, and the words were “No special occassion, I just thought you’d like to receive something other than bills for a change.” I always think of those words, and I love and save every card, so on a bummer day, I can read them, and it lifts my spirits. Whether they are glittery, new or old fashioned I love them all-it is only once a year–so please do not quit this beautiful tradition, and if you are sstrapped for postage, do like I do-hand deliver as many as you can to their homes, and maybe you will have time to visit!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 22:17:09 +0000

Great article. I’m a post baby boomer, and learned the tradition of sending Christmas Cards and an annual letter to go with it from my baby boomer parents. Started sending them 30 years ago and haven’t skipped a year. Started with 75. Now down to 55. I receive around 20-25 Christmas Cards each year. That number is down too, from 40. I write an annual letter to go with my cards and always keep it on the light and hilarious side of our family news. That works best for us. I’m so happy there’s still some tradition, before it turns into, the only Holiday Card people receive is from their insurance agent.

By: Diana @ looking

Diana @ looking — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 11:38:44 +0000

I loved this post. I still send out about 60 cards in 2021 and each year I get fewer and fewer. I think I will always send more than the US average because I agree with you that a card, even the phototype in the mail is a kiss on the cheek from someone. I miss the cards and crazy letters. Email is nice, but honestly, it doesn’t say I care the same way an envelope in the letterbox does.

By: Grant Connor

Grant Connor — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 01:29:22 +0000

In reply to Katie. Good for you Katie. I call B-S on those who claim time or money as a reason not to send. It's pretty simple-if you want to do something, you do it; if not, you won't. Oh well, lots more important things in life to get irked at. Peace.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:22:40 +0000

I get that buying and sending Christmas cards can seem to go against the green friendly world that we live in and are often seen as a source of waste. But I love the gesture and, for some people, that kind of communication may be the only one they receive in a whole year. It can be a lonely world and Christmas is a time for cheer and remembering others. So I make my own cards from recycled and scrap materials and then post the finished card in an envelope made from recycled paper. I also make cards for the charity outlets that benefit those less fortunate. Pages from old magazines and catalogues, the sales tags from clothing. old filing card, braid and ribbon trimmings, buttons, fabric offcuts – all these things are an amazing resource. Once cut, crimped, stamped, embossed or painted, they are unrecognisable from the original material and can produce some really pretty artwork.