I can’t remember when I first started sending Christmas Cards, it was probably in high school when I had met friends over the summer and wanted to K..IT throughout the winter. A Christmas Card was not only a great way to stay in touch but, if there was a special boy a Christmas Card was a great way to reach out, because if you can’t say it at Christmas when can you?
I love sending and receiving Christmas Cards. I love seeing messages from friends I haven’t seen in years. I love seeing how my friends kids have grown. I love the thought, the sentiment and the red envelopes in my mail box.
Though over the years the amount of cards I’ve received has declined. And I get it, life is busy and we keep up with each other every day of Facebook. Are Christmas cards really necessary too? And yet I feel they are more meaningful now than they were 15 years ago when I meticulously wrote them out in my bedroom.
Because now we share our lives with our 100 plus friends on Facebook but my Christmas cards only go out to the 30 or so people who are nearest and dearest to me. Facebook is just a tiny sliver of my life, and while a Christmas card isn’t the whole picture it’s my way of saying that you are a part of that picture. That you are someone who I would connect with even if social media didn’t exist.
When I make my Christmas card list it’s filled with family that I don’t see enough and friends who I’ve known for years. It has friends who have moved across the country and ones who I’ve been exchanging cards with since I was a teenager. This list is filled with the people who I would be heart-broken to fall out of touch with. And that is the reason why each year I sit down and write them out, to let them know that our connection is more important than clicking a thumbs up or accepting a friend request. That even though we might not see each other enough or as often as we want too, that we are still there. That we are still friends. That you can reach out and get coffee or grab a drink and we will pick up where we left off.
To me Christmas cards are personal and whether I send them to arrive the day after Thanksgiving or I get them out right before Christmas, to me those cards are worth the time, the effort and the expense. Because if you can’t say it at Christmas when can you?
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My mom and I were just talking about how few cards we are getting anymore. I usually send out about 100. I used to get a lot more back. I have cut the list down, but I definitely enjoy sending them….for many of the same reasons as you. I always love receiving them from the Hunters 🙂 Glad I made the cut!
You always make the cut even though I never seem to have your address right. We’ve been friends for nearly 20 years and I’m so happy that we still stay in touch.
Cannot believe it is 20 years…. I am thrilled we stay in touch too 😀
I send Christmas cards every year, even if they don’t get there until Christmas some years. Last year we received less than 10 cards. It’s sad!
I think I received about 20 but that might be an over estimate. It makes me sad, I really enjoy getting and receiving Christmas cards.
I don’t send holiday cards yet I love receiving them for that very reason, seeing how people’s families have grown over the year.
Every year I get fewer & fewer cards. Makes me sad to see! I love giving and receiving!
I still send them even though I get very few cards these days. Last year I don’t think I got more than 20. It’s sad since I once got 75 or so when I was first married 11 years ago.