Would you be angry if you were only given a christmas card??

Well, in my case i cherish christmas card more than actual gifts... especially those that are from my students... because students don't really earn money and i know they just asked their parents for money to buy the gift or the parents are the ones who bought them... I feel that christmas cards has more sincerity in them... especially if the message are personalized...

It would depend on how close my relationship is to this person and this person's circumstance. Finances can hit people hard, and gift giving can be impossible if there are huge medical bills or the like to consider, or perhaps they need to find a place to live. * Some cards come with gift certificates. They annoy some, considered a lazy way to give. But when giving over long distance, they can be life savers, and from from those folk who are gift giving challenged, doubly so. Face it, a pink sweater peppered in bunnies is not appropriate for a teenage boy, and that is the exact kind of gift given by one giver I know. The boy would have really appreciated a certificate that Christmas!

I'm not that much into receiving gifts, so no I wouldn't be angry or sad if I didn't receive anything for my birthday or for Christmas. I myself am quite lazy in shopping around for gifts. I express my love by being good to the people around me and helping them in any way I can.

No.. i dont be angry for that..i'll be very happy instead cos someone really cares at least to do that to me. Christmas is all about love and sharing.. i guess u know very well about that right. So instead of hoping that someone will give you something.. why not you take a step to give something to someone.. let them be happy and i'm sure that will make you much more happier.

I cherish all cards given to me. I think it is not the gift but the thought behind it that counts. I have all my cards which were given to me ove a nine period by co-workers and my daughter who always makes my mother's day cards. I love them

no i wouldn't. at least someone out there still remembered me and i will definitely cherish that one!

i had never had that happen to me, there is always someone in my family that would give a gift...But i do know that it most likely would not effect me in any way..To me it is better to give then recive. I would much rather open a card the unwrap a present... For me the joy on christmas is seeing the joy in my little girls face. And the family time that we have aound the tree and dinner table.. The last 2 years money has been tight and my husband is the only one that works and i run the checkbook,. i made sure i purchased gifts for him and our daughter. but i didnt have any spare money left to gve to him to get me giftss.. it didnt bother me at all when i didnt have anything to unwrap from "santa" but i did cry when i opened a letter and poem that he wrote me and the beautiful things my daughter made for me at school... Presents are materialistic im more sentimanetla and mushy..

I can't see the problem. At least you got a Christmas card. If some one just says Happy Christmas! - then that is enough for me :-)

With some people I know it would be great if sent a christmas card or anything else for that matter.

no i wouldnt be upset if i got just a card at least i got that and it is the thought that counts.. i have been in that situation before my first christmas with my boyfriend (who is now my husband) i didnt get anything, but the second year he got me a toaster...lol.. a toaster.. the thing i guess i tell myself it is not what you get it is the love you feel on that day from your family.. and i tell my children that christmas is not about how many gifts you get or what you get..and i tell lthem what the true meaning of christmas is.. they all seem to understand that..as i do not have a lot of money to spend on expensive gifts, and there have been years that my kids didnt get very much at all. yes i have felt bad about it but thank god they understand.. like i said a card is just as good as a gift...

Yes I would be angry if all I got was a christmas card with no money and no presents. That would be a sad christmas for me. That is why it is a good idea to get yourself a christmas present in case no one gets you anything. I should try that.

I would never be angry at just recieving a Christmas card on Christmas day. The last couple of Christmas' have been really tight on money. Just because we do not go out and buy each other huge exravagent gifts does not mean we do not care for one another. Christmas has become way to commercialized.

I'm going to forget for a few minutes that I am a Christian and as such how much I cherish the symbolism of Christmas and what it actually means and look at your posting from a purely secular and cultural angle. I view Christmas as an opportunity to be together with my family and enjoy the traditions that are associated with that. I like the fact that my wife and I (and our little boy) get along with both her family and mine and that our celebrations aren't tainted by animosity and annual dredging up of old grudges. The fact that we exchange gifts is fun but not altogether necessary. Over the past few years it's been difficult for us to give to all the adults in the family because finaces have been tight and it has been a greater priority to make sure "Santa" visits our little boy. I find it a bit disturbing (but not at all surprising) how some approach this subject from such a self-centered angle. You are absolutely correct in your thinking that it's the thought that counts. The retail industry, however, wants us to go out of our way to one-up each-other with the biggest, best, most popular gifts every year and the result is that we have become indoctrinated to believe that we have something coming to us. I had a roof over my head for seventeen years, four years of college paid in full and help from every conceivable angle from my family all my life. At thirty-six years old, what am I owed? I, on the other hand, owe the people in my life a debt that I could never repay and expensive presents would never change that. At the end of the day, the important thing is that we remember the people that we love and all they do for us and acknowledge it in whatever way we can because when you sweep away all the silliness and commercialism the greatest gift of all is Christmas itself. It allows us to come back together again and remind ourselves and each-other of how much the people in our lives mean to us.

Believe me, I am not expecting gifts during Christmas. because it is I who is expected to give especially my godchildren. But it is okay. I'd rather be the one giving than the one recieving. So if someone remembers to give something to me on Christmas, even just a card or simple letter, I really gets excited and thanful, that I am remembered by that person.

Oh I love cards any kind of cards... I always tell everyone just get me a card andI'll be happy...My husband knows to get me a card for every Holiday! I cherish every card I do get and I try to save all of them...So No I would get mad over jsut getting a Christmas card/cards.:)I always buy cards and send them to everyone..Everyone knows that the can count on a card from me for almost every Holiday exspecailly Christmas and Birthdays!

Oh I love cards any kind of cards... I always tell everyone just get me a card andI'll be happy...My husband knows to get me a card for every Holiday! I cherish every card I do get and I try to save all of them...So No I would get mad over jsut getting a Christmas card/cards.:)I always buy cards and send them to everyone..Everyone knows that the can count on a card from me for almost every Holiday exspecailly Christmas and Birthdays!