A Year Without Sending Christmas Cards

I usually send out cards as well. This year I haven't either. But I just had a baby. So hopefully most will be forgiving. I just haven't found the time. In fact this is the first time I've been on mylot in 3 days. I am not feeling bad. Just tired and busy.

I do send out cards...but just to special people. I save postage by having them ready for our big family celebration which was two weeks ago already....and I handed them out then. But I have never not sent them...so I don't know if I would feel guilty or not.....you have to do what's right for you....

I jhavenever felt bad fo not sending out cards. My family and friends know I am not good at this process. But I send about 15 to 20 each year to close friends and family is all. Some of my family won't always get one thoiugh. They know me and are okay with it as well. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I almost never send out cards, I'm bad. Useta drive Maggiepie crazy!

I don't feel bad about not sending out Christmas Cards. To be honest with you I don't like getting Christmas cards unless their is effort put into them and people actually type up a letter. I don't like getting just a Christmas card in the mail with a signature on it. I don't have the extra time to write a letter and send them to people. The people I would send them too are people that I talk to on a regular basis anyways. So No I dont feel bad for not sending out Chritmas Cards and you should not either!!! Shihtzumama

This is difficult for those of us who are used to sending out cards every year. I am like you and send out a fair share of cards. However, this year I am not sending any out in the mail due to financial issues. I also feel bad, so I might send out Christmas e-cards on Christmas Eve or Day. I know this sounds cheesy, but it's the thought that counts.

I stopped sending out Christmas cards about 10 years ago. Mostly because at the time I was working full-time, running my kids all over town for basketball practice and/or work, and taking 2-3 college classes on-line. I just didn't have the time for it - or the money really... Everyone understood and was ok with it. Then after I was done with school and had time I just didn't want to get back into that habit. I like what my aunt and uncle do - they send e-greetings to save on paper. It is a huge waste of paper and trees. We probably get a dozen or so and right now they're piled up on the table because we don't put them out. I'll throw them in the trash next week. I've really been a "bah humbug" these last couple years, so don't go by me...

I used to send out Christmas cards but have pretty much stopped altogether. I used to send them to my husband's family with the girls' school pictures enclosed, but this year the one daughter didn't place an order because she didn't like her picture. I did send one to DH's sister because we were sending her a cheque to cover the family present to his parents. I sent one to someone else I was sending a cheque to for a workshop I will be attending. I think those are the only two I have sent out so far. I need the girls to send thank you notes to my family members who gave them gifts. I'll get them to do that in Christmas cards.

I used to send out many Christmas cards to family and friends and seemed it was the only time you'd ever hear from anyone and only because I'd sent a card so I finally said thst's it. The cost of postage has gone up as well. Funny enough after I quit sending cards so did everyone else quit. Now a days with Email no one writes anymore either. Anyway a very Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!

I didn't send any cards this year..I don't feel bad either...Just not into doing it this year...I contact my friends and family by email or phone and they don't expect me to send them a Christmas card...

Well I usually send out Christmas cards every year too, but this year I wasn't going to, I just wasn't in the mood to do it. Well I started getting cards from friends and family, and I started feeling bad because I didn't send any out. So yesterday I ended up sending out 10 Christmas cards, I made sure I sent one to the people who sent me one first. I just felt bad I guess....

I haven't done my cards yet. If I do it will be tomorrow and they won't get sent out until Monday so will end up arriving late. Every year, if I send them, it seems that I send out fewer and fewer. The list gets smaller all the time. A big part of that reason is that I think people in general have stopped sending cards like they used to. I love receiving Christmas and birthday cards but don't get very many anymore. What happened to reduce my list? Over the years I would send my cards out fairly early like by the end of the second week of December. Gradually I noticed that I wasn't getting as many in return. People started telling me that they just don't do the cards anymore. Then I started noticing that I would not get any cards until I sent mine out and pretty much only got cards back from people who received one from me...some of them. A couple of years I had financial issues and could not afford to send out my cards so I didn't. And I only got a couple of cards those years. When I was able again to send cards I did the big list again and only received a few cards. I have had health issues the past few years and my cards get sent later and later. Then I end up getting late cards from some of the people I sent cards to. Funny thing is, they are never the first ones to send me a card. So I figure they are saying, if you don't send me one, I won't send you one. I never liked that attitude and kept sending, but with the health issues and finances the way they are, now I only send to the nearest and dearest to my heart, if I send at all. But, yes, I still do feel bad about not sending all the cards out that I used to. That's just me, though. I have always loved everything about Christmas and sending the cards was one of those things I loved. And I always recycled the received cards into craft items to be used to decorate for future years. That way I had them for memories of Christmas' past. The older I get, the fewer traditions that seem to last. So this year I started a new one in our family. Has nothing to do with Christmas cards though. I started a Christmas cookie making party for my grandkids and the kids of my friends.

I never really sent out Christmas cards because that's what my mom does. Do you think that those who you normally send the cards to are going to notice? Are they going to wonder what happened? If there are people in your life that you do not communicate with other than with Christmas cards, so that they would actually notice that you didn't get them one, I think you need to call them and maybe even meet or something. If someone is so much of a stranger that you only send him or her a Christmas card, but you don't make any other interaction with him or her, and you have no plans to, it's not really a huge loss. If you feel like you are neglecting to show anyone your love, maybe you should do it in another way, because Christmas cards don't really make up for a year of not talking to someone.

I don't think you ought to feel guilty since you have had a lot on your plate this year. I think true friends and true caring family members will understand if you weren't in the mood. So don't fret about it. I send out greeting cards sometimes and sometimes i dont because my internet would be failing me for days. (I send out e-cards). I feel bad yes but sometimes i don't because my close relatives and friends know if i have been going through something in particular so i know they would be understanding. So don't worry about it you had a lot of things to deal with this year so i am sure no one is going to be banging down your door asking about cards ;)

I am not sending out any paper cards this year. I am sending out ecards instead. I just don't feel like wasting all that paper!

Oh my, I could have wrote this post word for word. I always send out cards too, about the same number as you. I just haven't had the time this year. I feel guilty too. I wonder if people are wondering where their card is from me. I would still like to send out a few, but I am so far behind with everything, I just haven't had the time. Days have gone buy and I haven't even had time to check in here. I just checked my earnings for this month. A big whopping total of 80cents for the month so far. I think others are feeling the same way, I don't get as many cards as I used too. Some of the reason might be the cost of stamps. You can always by cheaper cards at the dollar store, but the cost of stamps adds up, specially when sending out alot of cards. I wish you a wonderful Peace Filled Merry Christmas, and a Joyous Bright New Year, take care my online friend.

I have not sent any cards this year. Postage is so expensive and most of my friends all have computers so I'll be sending e-cards. I make my own online from photos and email them.

I ran out of stamps so I only sent a card to my brother. The rest of the family or inlaws, we can send emails. Usually I send a lot, but with the postage card system I have not been able to do so and with all that has been gone on in my life, I have not had time to do much else. Oh yes the price of stamps keeps going up every year. I was thinking of maybe using mental telepathy or the Star Trek beam up to send the cards off.

Don't feel bad. I'm not one for sending Christmas cards by snail mail...just too expensive nowadays...but what I will do is send e-cards....there are a lot of places one can send really nice ones for free. Do you think you could do this for friends and family who have computers??

hi elusive, I do not feel that way though i have not sent any cards this season. Instead i have planned to visit my friends nearby and would call them on that day to wish them. It reallly helps to stay in touch with them and when i call my collage friends, the joy in their voice could not be measured.