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Anyone notice a big drop in Christmas cards received? I didn't even get one from DH ....SIGH!
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 6935	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/26/12 5:56 PM Did anyone notice a real big drop in the Christmas cards you received this year? I think we counted 8 total. We usually get allot more....though I know some of our older relatives have passed on, divorces have taken place. ......Anyone else notice a real drop in the cards they received this year? .... Even DH did not bother to get me a card or even write me his usual note...... You think people just do not care anymore or what? ..... Just wondered..... ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + ..one month down .. 6 weeks more to go.. They are healing. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 5/8/13 smile
mastdenman   Intermediate CA USA Member since 1/12/04 Posts: 5840	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 12/26/12 6:06 PM I am missing cards from a few people this year. I think the tradition of sending Christmas cards s dwindling down because of computers and social media. It's easier to send an email than to post an envelope. ------ Marilyn January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.
Restart06 Intermediate USA Member since 10/29/06 Posts: 2044	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/26/12 6:33 PM Yes, me too & I sent less also... ------ There is no easy way! quote from my Grandfather Sharing is caring! Stash yds sewn in 2013 - 18 from quilting stash, with more cut out!!
Miss Fairchild   Advanced USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 6985	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 12/26/12 7:33 PM This year I got a card from someone who hadn't sent me one for the last three years, so I guess I'd call that an increase. ------ "We don't impose our rhythm on Nature. The key is to respect and live within Her." Jean-Charles Boisset, Winemaker "And no, now that you asked, I didn't enjoy that play one bit, and I'd like a refund" Signed, Mrs. Lincoln My Etsy shop: auntmaymesattic My blog: auntmaymesattic.wordpress.com Avatar: First place award for jacket at county fair
Vintage Joan Intermediate Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9220	Login to reply to this post In reply to tgm and Kittys << 2 members like this. Date: 12/26/12 7:34 PM I didn't realize husbands and wives ever exchanged Christmas cards. Maybe it's a regional thing? People don't write many cards anymore, because e-mail is so quick and easy and long distance is so cheap. That's basically it, I think. Not that they don't care. A friend of mine in England (a former pen pal) was virtually the only person who ALWAYS sent me a Christmas card... for 46 years! This year she didn't send one. I didn't actually think about it until just now, reading this thread. -- Edited on 12/27/12 8:28 PM -- ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
NhiHuynh   Advanced CA USA Member since 1/4/11 Posts: 593	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 12/26/12 7:40 PM I was a part of the problem. I've always sent out handmade cards. Some years they was simple. Some years they were elaborate. Ex. last year's involved a basset hound in a reindeer outfit in 3D with the 3D glasses enclosed! I've been doing cards for over a decade. This year.. nada, nil, zip. Only 1 person has noticed so I'm guessing my decision was the right one.
Vintage Joan Intermediate Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9220	Login to reply to this post In reply to NhiHuynh << 2 members like this. Date: 12/26/12 7:53 PM Quote: I was a part of the problem. I've always sent out handmade cards. Some years they was simple. Some years they were elaborate. Ex. last year's involved a basset hound in a reindeer outfit in 3D with the 3D glasses enclosed! I've been doing cards for over a decade. This year.. nada, nil, zip. Only 1 person has noticed so I'm guessing my decision was the right one. Do you miss making them? If so, maybe next year you could just make one for that one person who noticed. ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
Changma   Advanced Beginner NY USA Member since 2/20/12 Posts: 405	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 12/26/12 8:01 PM I haven't sent cards for the past 5 years, so I wasn't expecting many. I stopped when I realized I was sending most of them to people I saw often...it was just easier to say merry Christmas in person. I don' t miss sending them, and I don't miss getting them. Too much other stuff going on.
khurtdvm Intermediate MO USA Member since 8/6/04 Posts: 422	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 12/26/12 8:54 PM I have typically sent mine after Christmas and included a Christmas photo in them. I can't tell you exactly how many I've received so far compared to previous years, but it doesn't seem like a huge decrease, at least. I'm a bit nerdy, though - I keep a spreadsheet of Christmas cards - who we send to and who we receive from. If I haven't heard from someone in at least two years, I drop them off my Christmas card list, unless I know of extenuating circumstances. ------ khurtdvm http://drclements.blogspot.com
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 6935	Login to reply to this post In reply to NhiHuynh << 1 member likes this. Date: 12/26/12 8:55 PM I used to make cards too til someone thought that was a cheap thing to do! That was 2 years ago & I have not made any Christmas cards since. ...... Your last years cards sound wonderful! Most of our family members live in other states or for a few DH cousins live near Athens Greece ..... I did not send as many but tried to remember those we do not see often. ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + ..one month down .. 6 weeks more to go.. They are healing. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 5/8/13 smile

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