2025 Holiday Card Round-Up

[Anonymous]

None received, none sent.

I can’t think of more than 10 people I’d want to send them to, and I see or call those 10 people on a regular basis.

[Anonymous]

None received, none sent. It used to be a fun thing to do, but that was decades ago.

[Anonymous]

We still send about 40-50 and receive about 30 but it has started dwindling the past few years

[Anonymous]

Received 15 so far. Will send 60ish when DC gets home from college to participate.

[Anonymous]

I send out about 100 but am cutting back this year. If I haven't received a card from you or haven't heard from you all year, then I'm dropping you. This includes a lot of DH's relatives.

[Anonymous]

I’ve sent about 20 and have about 15 to go (the post office has managed to misplace the stamps I ordered, hoping they get there by the weekend so I don’t have to go wait in line at my local PO which never has the stamps I want in stock).

I’ve revived 3 from my mom (one to me and 1 to each kid), 1 from a friend, and 2 from charities.

[Anonymous]

We stopped several years ago. I kinda miss it but it was a huge PITA.

[Anonymous]

I send virtual cards.

[Anonymous]

I sent around 70 earlier this week and have received 2. One thing that keeps me going (it does seem like we receive fewer every year) is that I've had several people (including those who don't send a card) let me know they look forward to reading the family updates letter I include each year.

[Anonymous]

Just ordered mine so they will go out soon (around 85). We’ve only received 2 so far, which is fewer than usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We still send about 40-50 and receive about 30 but it has started dwindling the past few years

We send about 200 and I have 2 so far. It is definitely dwindling. It's just as easy to send 200 as 20 so I don't mind. I do like to see pictures of kids growing up.

[Anonymous]

With all the people dumping photos all over social media, I truly don't need a card. Save a tree and all. I feel bad tossing all those smiling faces into trash, but what am I to do with them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With all the people dumping photos all over social media, I truly don't need a card. Save a tree and all. I feel bad tossing all those smiling faces into trash, but what am I to do with them?

We tape them up on one of our walls and leave them up for about a month.

I've had friends keep them on their fridge or somewhere all year. Or have a basket of them and pray for a different family each week.

[Anonymous]

I stopped sending snail mail cards a few years ago. I still do a photo card design, but I only post it on SM. We used to get over 100 physical cards when DCs were little, and now it’s fewer than half of that.

[Anonymous]

We have our assistant do this. I give her a list of our highlights for the year and she and the photographer send out a short letter and a nice embossed card.