Xmas cards

[tut]

Going to put my foot down this year with Verian. She just went to post a birthday card to Aussie, £2.40, so for the first time she bought it home.

She has an Xmas card list in Access form with 150 names in it that I print out labels for every year many of these living in Aussie and all around the World. Also many are nieces, nephews, or even grand versions of them, people who used to live in our area that were semi friends that we have not seen for 30 years, you get the picture. Probably a lot of them are dead by now. My total family excluding the kids is three older sisters that I have not seen for 20 years and we no longer contact each other, so my total Xmas card list would consist of Mike and my grandchildren.

We have neighbours that we hardly ever see or talk to coming and putting cards in our post box, and friends within a few miles that we see regularly but still send cards to. And if they have not sent us one they feel obliged to send one in return.

Am I being a scrooge, or is it just a waste of money and a source of income to others, never mind the millions of cards themselves that have to be produced to support the industry?

tut

ps:- must be that time of the month for me, subject on 5Live now is how do you tell someone they are fat?

"You are fat, eat less and exercise more then you will not have to be told you're fat."

[mckeann]

Total waste of money. I can see the appeal for kids, but why the fcuk do we still insist on doing it as adults.

I don't and any cards by the way, and get called a Scrooge but couldn't care less what something thinks of that

[mwmackenzie]

Total waste of money. I can see the appeal for kids, but why the fcuk do we still insist on doing it as adults.

I don't and any cards by the way, and get called a Scrooge but couldn't care less what something thinks of that

That eats into the tyre/holiday fund? I have kids so it's a given I'd better start saving now for the cards, Maria will want to write one to every man and his dog

[mckeann]

Why do something that's traditional if you don't agree with it??? Peer pressure.

[j2 lot]

We stopped sending cards about 3 or 4 years ago - quite liberating, cards are such a waste of time in the age where you can send instant messages or e- mails. In lieu of sending cards we make a donation to charity.