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Sympthsical

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36. We just Zelle things

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 02:21 PM

Dec 30

I used to mail cards if money was involved, but going to the store to get a card, then UPS store because I have no stamps, then the ATM for cash (because that is not a thing that exists in my world). I have a checkbook . . . somewhere. No idea.

Or, tap on my phone real quick to pay the distant children.

We lead a cashless existence and don't use the mail. I'm straining to recall the last time we've had to mail a bill or anything at all really. It's been a while. Mortgage, taxes, utilities, insurance. It's all online or with a phone app.

Social media has also changed this. My mom used to get dozens of cards with little notes, pictures, etc. Just to update the family you haven't seen in a while.

Now I know exactly what Phyllis is doing, whether I want to or not. Sometimes daily. It's Starbucks, Phyllis! I don't need to see it!

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Are Christmas cards no longer a thing? [View all] Shambala Dec 29 OP

i get one from my cpa... ret5hd Dec 29 #1

I got one from Sal's pizza. Shambala Dec 29 #2

No longer a thing for most people Sanity Claws Dec 29 #3

I get 1 back for every 3 I send Johonny Dec 29 #4

Yeah, about the same return ratio for me Shambala Dec 30 #21

Price Maninacan Dec 29 #5

I've sent cards I got from Estate Sales the last 10 years. maxsolomon Dec 30 #37

The younger families send cards with photos of them and their kids on them, i love them. dem4decades Dec 29 #6

Yes I mostly get these types newdeal2 Dec 29 #13

I have a couple of relatives that send Shambala Dec 30 #22

A lot of people I know have stopped sending them completely, or send them only to their highplainsdem Dec 29 #7

Mail delivery is not unreliable. maxsolomon Dec 30 #38

I've received enough mail late and heard enough about USPS packages highplainsdem Dec 30 #41

I don't know where you live, but maybe your issue is local. maxsolomon Dec 30 #42

I'm in the center of the country, but I've heard about problems like the ones I've run into both from highplainsdem Dec 30 #44

Cards and packages I sent out on 12/15 are just now being received 15 days later. Totally Tunsie Dec 31 #54

Media mail is still mail Conjuay Dec 31 #69

Media Mail has never failed me. maxsolomon Dec 31 #70

Not really. Ocelot II Dec 29 #8

It requires hours and hours of work. Few women have the bandwidth Maru Kitteh Dec 29 #9

I'm the one who does it in my house. I still believe it's important to my elder relatives. maxsolomon Dec 30 #39

I only send them to people who care OnionPatch Dec 31 #61

That is why I prefer a quick few words and then sealed. OldBaldy1701E Dec 31 #64

Not so much. Ms. Toad Dec 29 #10

fewer every year, and not just people dying Skittles Dec 29 #11

They have 50 cent Hallmark cards at Dollar Tree.nt helpisontheway Dec 31 #56

I guess it depends - on age, personal tradition, available time, number of friends and/or family NewHendoLib Dec 29 #12

I still send them out to family and friends Bayard Dec 29 #14

Most that i received this year, were from businesses BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 30 #18

My wife and I send them ITAL Dec 29 #15

My 88-year-old mother still sends Christmas cards. LudwigPastorius Dec 30 #16

One of my cousins would not only tout the highlights of the past year Shambala Dec 30 #25

Yes Rebl2 Dec 30 #27

I've always hated those "brag" cards. StarryNite Dec 31 #55

I havent mailed a card in years BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 30 #17

I spent about $75 on postage alone. notinkansas Dec 30 #19

Heathens. Trump will issue an executive order to restore this sacred tradition dalton99a Dec 30 #20

Come to think of it I don't know if we got any this year fujiyamasan Dec 30 #23

We haven't been able to coordinate a family photo to use on a card the past few years Shambala Dec 30 #24

I think Rebl2 Dec 30 #26

Only family in other states to whom I'm including a Christmas check. tavernier Dec 30 #28

My wife and I have been sending fewer and fewer. Life in the Trumpocene has made us increasingly jaded and cynical. Borogove Dec 30 #29

Waste of money and paper in my opinion... FascismIsDeath Dec 30 #30

I had some custom ones made this year. gay texan Dec 30 #31

My wife and I are experiencing the same thing. patphil Dec 30 #32

I quit social media several years ago Shambala Dec 30 #33

Crazy where the years have gone. patphil Dec 30 #50

We got a ton of them this year bif Dec 30 #34

I stopped sending them six years ago. I don't blame people for dropping me off their list for not reciprocating theirs, chia Dec 30 #35

We just Zelle things Sympthsical Dec 30 #36

I still send them Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 30 #40

People with kids send them Renew Deal Dec 30 #43

I like the custom photo cards Shambala Dec 30 #46

Yes and I'm glad. It became a chore. CTyankee Dec 30 #45

I don't do them. Haven't for years. JustKay Dec 30 #47

I send them out. Ecards don't do it for me. n/t valleyrogue Dec 30 #48

A few years ago i received an ecard Shambala Dec 30 #49

I sent a few this year, Pinback Dec 30 #51

Seems to be fading out vapor2 Dec 30 #52

I haven't sent one in years, I got one from a doc03 Dec 30 #53

I work for Hallmark (not the Hallmark store) and we sell a lot of cards helpisontheway Dec 31 #57

My wife still sends them out. Emile Dec 31 #58

We sent out close to 80 of them. DFW Dec 31 #59

A card from the White House! Very nice! Shambala Dec 31 #71

I send a few out to friends who live far away. Dulcinea Dec 31 #60

Most of my family uses Facebook now to send Xmas greetings Kaleva Dec 31 #62

Actually, I think we got more this year than the past few years. Around 40 onenote Dec 31 #63

I sent out six. OldBaldy1701E Dec 31 #65

Lol! I got one card. It was actually a pleasant surprise. ecstatic Dec 31 #66

Along the same lines- Conjuay Dec 31 #67

Do people's vacation photos count? Iris Dec 31 #68