Will You Be Sending Christmas Cards This Year?
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Due to the cost of stamps will be sending cards or just cut down? The cards are cheaper than a stamp, doesn’t make sense.
JLouM I have really cut down over the years and also hand deliver when possible. I think eventually it will die out as my children don’t bother.
eyeballkerry I was just thinking the same thing, every year we receive and send less. I prefer to make a donation to charity, used to do that in work instead of sending to colleagues but due to postage I send fewer and fewer cards, my family all live in Wales so can't hand deliver. Only send about 5 down from 20+
I always send Xmas cards. Nowadays I don't have hardly any to post. Deliver the rest by hand
How bonkers is this article.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1978720/royal-mail-stamps-cost-christmas-cards
Apparently if you send more than 75 Christmas Cards it would be cheaper to fly abroad to post them!
blacklabrador I can totally believe this. But unfortunately all the cards are going to different places. I wouldn’t mind hand delivering abroad.
I stopped doing cards a couple of years ago tbh for most people. I’ll give my two kids one but that’s about it as they only go in the bin anyway
EKWilkes89 I have cut down and it is becoming a bit of a waste now. I still send a couple abroad and to my dad if I don’t see very often.
eyeballkerry yeah something like that is understandable tbh but family nearby and friends etc I don’t see the point nowadays
eyeballkerry I think a lot of people are growing out of it now just because they do only end up in the bin anyway
I will be giving a few out but not many. I often leave it too late and end up not sending
Only to ones I can deliver myself cost of stamps are bonkers and normal urgent mail is taking 2 weeks to get to us!! May have to start posting them at Easter 
I send a few cards especially to friends and family I don’t see often. Then I hand deliver majority of the others. I must admit I do enjoy receiving a Christmas card.
I don’t tend to send cards by post , jeeze that would add up! I just give to family members and and neighbours.
my wife will drop a few to the neighbours but thats about it these days. Last time I posted one was about 4 years ago I think
I will post a few this year but it has really decreased over the years. I will also hand deliver to a couple of the neighbours but otherwise it is mainly family that I give to.
Yes..
I will wrote about 14 to partner's family in Portadown Northern Ireland, put them in a big brown envelope, address it to his brother in Portadown & I will take it to the local post office & get it weighed & send it that way ...Saves money..
janphoenix51 My husband writes the cards for his family and then takes them to his dads house. All the family do this and collect their cards from there.
eyeballkerry ...We can't do that as we live in Sheffield & my partner's family are over 300 miles away in Portadown, Northern Ireland...
I will send to family & friends as I have always done, send family's together & walk up to a few mile to deliver
We probably post about 10-15 in the UK and a few to Australia, the others get hand delivered locally.
I am sending ONE and that's because I begrudge paying outrageous Royal Mail costs. And the only reason that I'm sending ONE is because of an offer (I'm not sure whether it has been posted here on LD, I can't find it anyway)
You can get a personalised A5 card (doesn't have to be an Xmas one) delivered to whoever you like, or to yourself with a spare envelope for a mere 75p! That's cheaper than the cost of RM 2nd class postage!
Use code 75PCARD when you checkout. Offer ends 30th November, I think 
TheChimp ...Yes I saw that...You can even personalise your cards with text & photos..
Cheaper than Moonpig & Funkypigeon I bet!!
I always post cards to mates who live miles away, Cost of posting them was ridiculous, next year I won't bother
I will but no way as many as I normally do. Like you say the cost is just crazy
sallylester1 It is sad it has come to this. More people are sending text these days but it’s not the same although better for the environment.
No, I won't be sending any Christmas cards this year. I lost my dad earlier in the year, and because of the will, there has been a family falling out, so not going to waste my money.
mudgesheila50 Sorry to hear of your lost and so sad when families fall out. My brother recently disowned me as he is an alcoholic and I tried to help.
eyeballkerry I'm sorry to hear that. It's hard when you try to help someone who doesn't even want to help themselves. At least you know you tried 
Nope, I don't want to receive any either. I'm not a scrouge, I love Christmas but cards just seem such a waste to me. I'll be seeing people that matter the most over the period. I usually mass text everyone else Christmas Eve.
I always send physical cards to my fave people.You can't put an e card on the mantle piece.
MelissaLee1 That is very true with an e card. It will get to the stage where we will get an e card and we have to print it out ourselves at home.
eyeballkerry Kinda sad don't you think.Hardly compliments of the season is it?Bit Grinchy if you ask me. 
MelissaLee1 Christmas is like Christmas was many years ago. I think a lot of the magic has gone and it so commercialised
Yes but I need to find mine out,can't seem to find my Christmas card collection so far...
At this rate I will need to get more Christmas cards!
Yes I finished writing them at last. Had to buy only 20 stamps this year and my husband delivers local ones. This morning he ran 10 miles delivery some 
I don't think it will be long before we go back to 'pony post' as royal mail are pricing themselves out of everyday life. Some friends visited us at the end of November and brought their Christmas card to us with them to save a stamp! We send very few through the post.
Never send Xmas cards. I'm rubbish with cards and forget to buy or send them if I buy them so don't bother
Unfortunately not. I don’t send Christmas cards any more, only do birthdays now for cards
Most hand delivered through December, international posted and the remainder posted 2nd class. Also, not 100% sure all get delivered: how do you check? I've started adding "posted (with date)" under the stamp so recipient can see how long it took from posting to delivery.
Send less and less each year and make a point of trying to see people I haven't seen for a while to deliver by hand. The price of each stamp is the price of a litre of petrol nowadays. How ridiculous is that?
I sent about 10 late November, 5 of which were family living away (2 doubling up with Birthday cards for Dec and Jan) the other 5 to longstanding friends who needed to know my details had changed
My friend gets all her family separate cards but she puts their Christmas card in plus Easter and the families birthday cards for the year and posts them in one envelope for the same price it would cost to send 1 at a time
PaulineRapier ah this is actually a good idea 
post them all together the person can give them to whoever person and whenever it is their birthday 
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