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Shambala

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46. I like the custom photo cards

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 07:45 PM

Dec 2025

and comparing the changes from year to year.

I still get an old school card from one of my cousins who only writes his and his wife's name. No personalized greeting or message other than the canned message that comes with the card...just their names. At least I know they're still alive

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Are Christmas cards no longer a thing? [View all] Shambala Dec 2025 OP

i get one from my cpa... ret5hd Dec 2025 #1

I got one from Sal's pizza. Shambala Dec 2025 #2

No longer a thing for most people Sanity Claws Dec 2025 #3

I get 1 back for every 3 I send Johonny Dec 2025 #4

Yeah, about the same return ratio for me Shambala Dec 2025 #21

Price Maninacan Dec 2025 #5

I've sent cards I got from Estate Sales the last 10 years. maxsolomon Dec 2025 #37

The younger families send cards with photos of them and their kids on them, i love them. dem4decades Dec 2025 #6

Yes I mostly get these types newdeal2 Dec 2025 #13

I have a couple of relatives that send Shambala Dec 2025 #22

A lot of people I know have stopped sending them completely, or send them only to their highplainsdem Dec 2025 #7

Mail delivery is not unreliable. maxsolomon Dec 2025 #38

I've received enough mail late and heard enough about USPS packages highplainsdem Dec 2025 #41

I don't know where you live, but maybe your issue is local. maxsolomon Dec 2025 #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 2025 #44

Cards and packages I sent out on 12/15 are just now being received 15 days later. Totally Tunsie Dec 2025 #54

Media mail is still mail Conjuay Dec 2025 #69

Media Mail has never failed me. maxsolomon Dec 2025 #70

Not really. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #8

It requires hours and hours of work. Few women have the bandwidth Maru Kitteh Dec 2025 #9

I'm the one who does it in my house. I still believe it's important to my elder relatives. maxsolomon Dec 2025 #39

I only send them to people who care OnionPatch Dec 2025 #61

That is why I prefer a quick few words and then sealed. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #64

Not so much. Ms. Toad Dec 2025 #10

fewer every year, and not just people dying Skittles Dec 2025 #11

They have 50 cent Hallmark cards at Dollar Tree.nt helpisontheway Dec 2025 #56

I guess it depends - on age, personal tradition, available time, number of friends and/or family NewHendoLib Dec 2025 #12

I still send them out to family and friends Bayard Dec 2025 #14

Most that i received this year, were from businesses BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 #18

My wife and I send them ITAL Dec 2025 #15

My 88-year-old mother still sends Christmas cards. LudwigPastorius Dec 2025 #16

One of my cousins would not only tout the highlights of the past year Shambala Dec 2025 #25

Yes Rebl2 Dec 2025 #27

I've always hated those "brag" cards. StarryNite Dec 2025 #55

I havent mailed a card in years BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 #17

I spent about $75 on postage alone. notinkansas Dec 2025 #19

Heathens. Trump will issue an executive order to restore this sacred tradition dalton99a Dec 2025 #20

Come to think of it I don't know if we got any this year fujiyamasan Dec 2025 #23

We haven't been able to coordinate a family photo to use on a card the past few years Shambala Dec 2025 #24

I think Rebl2 Dec 2025 #26

Only family in other states to whom I'm including a Christmas check. tavernier Dec 2025 #28

My wife and I have been sending fewer and fewer. Life in the Trumpocene has made us increasingly jaded and cynical. Borogove Dec 2025 #29

Waste of money and paper in my opinion... FascismIsDeath Dec 2025 #30

I had some custom ones made this year. gay texan Dec 2025 #31

My wife and I are experiencing the same thing. patphil Dec 2025 #32

I quit social media several years ago Shambala Dec 2025 #33

Crazy where the years have gone. patphil Dec 2025 #50

We got a ton of them this year bif Dec 2025 #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 2025 #35

We just Zelle things Sympthsical Dec 2025 #36

I still send them Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 #40

People with kids send them Renew Deal Dec 2025 #43

I like the custom photo cards Shambala Dec 2025 #46

Yes and I'm glad. It became a chore. CTyankee Dec 2025 #45

I don't do them. Haven't for years. JustKay Dec 2025 #47

I send them out. Ecards don't do it for me. n/t valleyrogue Dec 2025 #48

A few years ago i received an ecard Shambala Dec 2025 #49

I sent a few this year, Pinback Dec 2025 #51

Seems to be fading out vapor2 Dec 2025 #52

I haven't sent one in years, I got one from a doc03 Dec 2025 #53

I work for Hallmark (not the Hallmark store) and we sell a lot of cards helpisontheway Dec 2025 #57

My wife still sends them out. Emile Dec 2025 #58

We sent out close to 80 of them. DFW Dec 2025 #59

A card from the White House! Very nice! Shambala Dec 2025 #71

I send a few out to friends who live far away. Dulcinea Dec 2025 #60

Most of my family uses Facebook now to send Xmas greetings Kaleva Dec 2025 #62

Actually, I think we got more this year than the past few years. Around 40 onenote Dec 2025 #63

I sent out six. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #65

Lol! I got one card. It was actually a pleasant surprise. ecstatic Dec 2025 #66

Along the same lines- Conjuay Dec 2025 #67

Do people's vacation photos count? Iris Dec 2025 #68