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Okay. To date, we have received exactly four Christmas-or-other-winter-holiday cards. (That’s double how many we had as of yesterday morning—two came in Saturday’s mail.) There are, what, eight mail-delivery days left before Christmas? Nine? I’m feeling mildly unpopular.
No, I’m not really, because: 1. We don’t know very many people who send cards, and 2. We don’t even know that many people. So there’s that.
Of course, I haven’t sent out cards yet. Last year I sent them the day after Christmas; I’m aiming for slightly earlier this year. Not that I even have any cards yet. But I might get some and send them. I have good intentions toward such a goal.
Which brings me to my actual point: exactly zero of the cards we’ve received thus far included letters of any sort. No serious letters bragging on the kids’ SAT scores, no ironic, self-deprecating letters, no updates on babies and their first three teeth. Has the much-maligned “family newsletter” become extinct, quite suddenly and while I wasn’t looking?
Because I like the cheesy letters! I want to know what you’re up to. I want to feel inadequate next to your annual triumphs and achievements. I want to hear how the home improvement projects are coming along, how many AWANA verses the kids have memorized, and whether you’ve taken up Bunco. Really, I do. So please, bring back the cheesy letters!
Or are my four cards not representative of the world of holiday cards in general? Are you all being inundated with letters? Am I the only one missing out?
I’ve gotten smart this year. Because last year, I sent cards out early, and none of the people I sent cards to sent me cards, but then a whole slew of people I DIDN’T send cards to, sent me cards, and I had none left to send.
So this time, I’m holding them until the end of this week, seeing what I got, then setting them free!
We’ve gotten six cards now, except four are from clients, one of those was just a letter, no card,and I don’t think cards from clients count. We have given up trying to send Christmas cards and send New Years cards instead. It’s a French tradition right?
I love those letters, too. But I don’t do them. I resort to those holiday photo cards where all the writing is preprinted already so I don’t have to do anything but pop them in an envelope. And then feel bad because I didn’t write anything cheery and personal. But the kids looked so cute! It always something…
We’ve gotten two cards. One, from my grandparents, had cash in it. (Yes, really.) The other had a picture from my cousin’s wedding. I didn’t even know she had a boyfriend!
So, there’s that. We don’t send holiday cards, but we are (by “we are” I mean “I am”) diligent about thank you cards.
8 cards, 1 letter. It was cute!
My cards DO have a letter inside, but they’re waiting for me to get ink so I can make labels so I don’t have to write addresses on the outside.
We’ve gotten 0 cards so far but I know at least one is on the way. I saw my mother in laws cards ready to go out last week. We don’t usually send cards though I am considering it. I get more and more into that stuff the more kids I have. I also have less and less free time to do stuff like that, go figure.
I love Christmas cards & cheesy letters – sending them out is actually one of my favorite holiday chores. We have received about 25 cards so far, some with a short hand-written note, but not one letter! I tape the cards & photos to my kitchen cupboards and they make me happy to look at. I feel good knowing that at least once a year, I keep in touch with people who were, or still are, special to us. Ironically enough, I started our blog because I was having a hard time keeping people caught up with our lives, but forgot to add the url in our letter! Oh well, next year… Seasons Greetings to you and your family!
Thank you, Annie!
Diana, I love pictures, too. I’m always a little sad when we get picture-less cards. I guess I’m a demanding card-receiver. I want cute pictures and letters both.
You know, I haven’t really done the mass card mailing in a few years. We get cards, but mostly from my husband’s brothers and sisters (there are ten of them all together).
I aim for Valentine’s Day updates around here, it seems I’m settled by then.
I would happily send you a cheesy newsletter card if I had your address.