Buffalo_Gal Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 Nope. I stopped sending holiday (Christmas, Hanukkah) cards last year, and we got a whopping 5 this year. I have saved the last birthday card (and the $50 inside it - his signature gift) my grandfather gave me. He passed away a few weeks later (he was 95), so I was glad I did.
LB3 Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 I open them, look at them and then immediately throw them in the trash.
/dev/null Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 I put Thanksgiving, Christmas and birthday cards (my birthday is a few days before Christmas) on the fireplace. Around New Year's the cards from my Dad and Brother go in a big Ziploc bag, which goes into a box, which goes on the top shelf of a closet. Everyone else gets tossed.
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 Money’s tight, Times are hard, Here’s your effing, Christmas card. * Perhaps I’ll post that at the appropriate thread. ?
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, /dev/null said: (my birthday is a few days before Christmas) Well, happy belated birthday! I wish I was two again! You really should get potty trained by three. But, they say boys are stubborn! ?Oh, Merry Christmas too. I take you're out of the airport and the free flow of yoga pants has dried up... Edited December 24, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois
EmotionallyUnstable Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 Yes. Usually cut off the front to reuse for work
DC Tom Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 Yes. Because I haven't received any in five years, so they remind me of when people cared about me, and why I hated it so goddamn much.
/dev/null Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Yes. Because I haven't received any in five years, so they remind me of when people cared about me, and why I hated it so goddamn much. That's so sad The mail would never get to you in time, so print this card out and put it on your fireplace. From me to you 1
row_33 Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Yes. Because I haven't received any in five years, so they remind me of when people cared about me, and why I hated it so goddamn much. I can’t tell if a computer card is to me or to 499 people in a mass campaign the latter will be three pages of boasting about their life over the year, something worthy of summary execution, unless I specifically asked for this info beforehand
DC Tom Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, /dev/null said: That's so sad The mail would never get to you in time, so print this card out and put it on your fireplace. From me to you Sure, I'll get right on that after I finish listening to Tom Petty's "Christmas All Over Again." 1
/dev/null Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Sure, I'll get right on that after I finish listening to Tom Petty's "Christmas All Over Again." Always remember /dev/null cares about DC Tom
Bills4everNY Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 19 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: That's how we send out cards, whoever sends one gets one. LoL. Same here. I save the cards and envelopes in a drawer and the next Christmas I have everyone's address right there.
Boca BIlls Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 Yea, but I used to find them spring cleaning and throw them away.
row_33 Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 I kept all handwritten letters from relatives but not cards. today is the biggest day for missing these folk, could use their wisdom and counsel more than ever.... 1
BUFFALOKIE Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) I got one card this year. From the former very cute, single and young but heavy accountant girl for whom I brought the the only housewarming gift for upon the purchase of her first house and subsequent housewarming party. She is still very cute, a little older and thinner, and now #2, as chief program manager reporting to the GM, in my company which has increased in revenue 10 fold since her hiring (10M to 100M in ten years). I shoulda hit that! Her card with a photo of her blossoming family went straight to the trash. But it was nice to recieve. Edited December 25, 2018 by BUFFALOKIE
Mark Vader Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 My grandmother would save some Christmas cards, then she would cu out the designs and then re-use them as labels for Christmas presents.
Saxum Posted December 27, 2018 Posted December 27, 2018 On 12/23/2018 at 8:38 PM, Marv's Neighbor said: If you live aways from where the cards come from, the return addresses are useful. That is how I used to update my address list but now we only get one card and my aunt is not ever moving.
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted December 27, 2018 Posted December 27, 2018 The only time I save, hell, really the only time I read any sort of card is one with a personal message written to me. I got a ***** ton of wedding cards sent to me. Unless they had something meaningful written in them, they all got tossed right away. I don't even waste my time reading some sappy poem that as put in there by someone else.
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