[Ammi]

..I don't send/give Christmas cards to many people anymore but generally send an e-card instead..I do still give a few actual cards to older people who haven't got internet access ..but when I was a child, my mum would write out endless Christmas cards to people and I would put them in envelopes and seal them...it was first start of the Christmas feeling for me..that and helping to stir the Christmas cake mixture...Christmas card sending must have cost her so much money in postage as I have quite a large and spread out family...do you send lots of cards or not bother with them so much..?...do you like getting cards..?...

[Niamh.]

I hate doing Christmas Cards, i usually just do a couple

[smudgie]

We send cards to family and friends.
Also a few of the neighbours.

[arista]

NO

[MTVN]

Nah, my parents still sit down every year and write dozens to send though, people they won't have seen in years but will still always exchange cards with them

[Me. I Am Salman]

only in primary school, omg it was so exciting when people used to hand out cards

[fingers]

Nope!

[AnnieK]

I still sent to some people....not as many as I used to but I do like getting them... I have agreeements with many of my friends that we won't bother

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Salman!

only in primary school, omg it was so exciting when people used to hand out cards

..yeah, we still get that now with the children at school, Salman..they get so excited and it's all a generally exciting term for them..but can you imagine what it feel like to be a child who doesn't get many cards, while others do........

[Me. I Am Salman]

omg how horrible I never did that

[Niamh.]

awww that's mean Ammi, in my kids classes they all give everyone in the class one

[Kate!]

Used to send loads, cut it down in recent years.

[Shaun]

yeah, prefer handing them out though can't be doing with 70p post per card

[joeysteele]

I always do, I recall as a child getting my first Christmas card addressed to me in the post and I felt so important.

I feel sad this tradition is being replced by cards typewritten and ordered online, the same with Birthday cards too.

I would rather, for me myself anyway,take the time to write a card to someone I really wanted to send a one to and do it in my own handwriting.
I even prefer taking them the card personally if time and distance permits rather than post them too.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niazareth

awww that's mean Ammi, in my kids classes they all give everyone in the class one

..yeah, some send them to the whole class and some send them just to their friends and there are children who don't socialise well, so don't have many friends..but the other side of that is seeing their faces when they receive one card or their first card and all of that feeling of being left out is completely wiped away in their happiness...I guess in a way, you can see the early stuff of why not everyone loves Christmas as an older person..and they're not being 'bah humbug' because those associations/feelings are extremely difficult to erase...

[Kazanne]

Yes,we always send Christmas cards.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah, some send them to the whole class and some send them just to their friends and there are children who don't socialise well, so don't have many friends..but the other side of that is seeing their faces when they receive one card or their first card and all of that feeling of being left out is completely wiped away in their happiness...I guess in a way, you can see the early stuff of why not everyone loves Christmas as an older person..and they're not being 'bah humbug' because those associations/feelings are extremely difficult to erase...

aww yeah, I usually give mine some blank cards as well incase we forget anyone when we write them out

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niazareth

aww yeah, I usually give mine some blank cards as well incase we forget anyone when we write them out

..yeah, I used to do that as well because it's the most awful feeling for them as well, when they forget someone and the school was always reluctant to give you a class name list, so they had to remember everyone in their class...that was when they were very young/primary school age...

[Tom4784]

Not really, I did it in school but that's it. It's too much ****ing bother.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah, I used to do that as well because it's the most awful feeling for them as well, when they forget someone and the school was always reluctant to give you a class name list, so they had to remember everyone in their class...that was when they were very young/primary school age...

Yeah, same here, my daughter started secondary this year so I assume she won't want to give out cards to the whole class anymore

[Natalie.]

Only send cards to close family, used to love getting cards in primary school lol

[Harry!]

I send cards to family members, usually I give them out on Christmas Day. At school/college I did cards for the students/staff. This is the first year I won't be able to them as I am at university.

[Samm]

Only to people that I'm close too, but I don't care about any body else

[reece(:]

Just to my besties and my family.

[Livia]

I send Christmas cards to friends, with a letter if I've not seen them for a while. There's something nice and personal about opening an envelope.