CHRISTMAS CARDS?

Rescued One · Nov 16, 2025

Do people still send Christmas cards? Some years I sent 70. At any rate I always sent several cards. Now I'm blessed if I receive two. Are cards a thing of the past? I have some boxes of beautiful cards and i hate to throw them away. I also miss receiving them. Can someone enlighten me about this custom?

RamiC · Nov 16, 2025

It is like this - The Global Trend of Sending e-Greeting Cards and Messages - Root-Nation.com - people do not see the problem with these things changing.

However, you could just send the ones you have to people. Personally I do not think that just pressing a button on a mobile phone, or telling all facebook friends in one go is the same. The combination of trends does not make much sense to me, beauty product advent calenders are doing roaring business, but people do not want to do Christmas Cards because of the environment...I wonder what the carbon footprint difference is between a few easily recycled paper cards and a mountain of unnecessary card, plastic, and mini-beauty treats?

Apple Sky · Monday at 2:29 AM

Rescued One said:
Do people still send Christmas cards? Some years I sent 70. At any rate I always sent several cards. Now I'm blessed if I receive two. Are cards a thing of the past? I have some boxes of beautiful cards and i hate to throw them away. I also miss receiving them. Can someone enlighten me about this custom?

I reckon that they have deliberately raised the cost of postage so that we go too emailing instead, but I refuse too be beaten.
And another thing, who's finding it harder & harder to purchase Christmas cards with Biblical images ?

Rescued One · Monday at 3:05 AM

Apple Sky said:
I reckon that they have deliberately raised the cost of postage so that we go too emailing instead, but I refuse too be beaten.
And another thing, who's finding it harder & harder to purchase Christmas cards with Biblical images ?

The people who used to send me cards weren't in dire poverty. Most of the boxes of cards I have are biblical. Oh, well.

I think people have lost interest.

PloverWing · Monday at 8:39 AM

Apple Sky said:
And another thing, who's finding it harder & harder to purchase Christmas cards with Biblical images ?

For years, I have bought my Christmas cards from Conception Abbey: Christmas Cards . (They used to call their shop "Printery House"; now it's called "Altar + Home".) They also sell cards for Easter and other holidays, along with cards for occasions like baptism and confirmation.

As to the OP: A few of my friends still send cards, but it doesn't seem to be as common a practice as it used to be. Too bad -- it's a nice custom.

Apple Sky · Monday at 8:55 AM

PloverWing said:
For years, I have bought my Christmas cards from Conception Abbey: Christmas Cards . (They used to call their shop "Printery House"; now it's called "Altar + Home".) They also sell cards for Easter and other holidays, along with cards for occasions like baptism and confirmation.

As to the OP: A few of my friends still send cards, but it doesn't seem to be as common a practice as it used to be. Too bad -- it's a nice custom.

I never thought of buying Christmas cards from a church, thanks.

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Chesterton · 2025-11-22T16:38:17-0600

Rescued One said:
Do people still send Christmas cards? Some years I sent 70. At any rate I always sent several cards. Now I'm blessed if I receive two. Are cards a thing of the past? I have some boxes of beautiful cards and i hate to throw them away. I also miss receiving them. Can someone enlighten me about this custom?

I still send them, but I'm down to only two out-of-town relatives to send them to. I have a small handful of cards so I'll run out in a couple of years, and I don't think I'll buy more.

joymercy · 2025-11-22T16:45:59-0600

I still buy and send them out!

I tell you, that the greatest joy of some of our clergy, is to receive a special greeting card made for a pastor or priest from a Christian book store with a hand written note inside!

Show them your love and appreciation. It means so very much.

I'm sure they get tons of emails and texts or phone calls.

Why not give them something tangible, something to hold onto and to put on their wall or desk, to remind them they are appreciated and loved?!

joymercy · 2025-11-22T16:59:16-0600

Remember the old days, when they were made with glitter?

joymercy · 2025-11-22T17:00:44-0600

Anyone knit some of the old ones together?!

essentialsaltes · 2025-11-23T10:05:14-0600

My spouse and I have a tradition of making holiday cards (I'm not the artistic one, but I do what I can) and sending them out. Friends and family adore them, but we definitely have seen the amount of reciprocation falling over the past decades. Some people have photocards made, with a few family photos collaged together, and those are much appreciated since we don't see some of these folks very often. But there's nothing like a card with even a short handwritten note. But it is definitely falling out of fashion.

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