Why send cards?
Christmas cards are one of the most ridiculous wastes of money ever imagined. Other cards are bad enough (birthday, engagement, etc) but Christmas cards get sent to a lot of people all at once and invariably contain identical messages: "Dear you, Merry Christmas, Love Me xxx".

I am perfectly able to give people Christmas wishes in person, if geography prevents me from doing this I will call them on the telephone. STOP WASTING MONEY.
(TheColonel, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 12:56, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I generally put a note in the cards if it's someone I haven't seen for a while.
also, older relatives tend to get shirty and start moaning to your mum if you don't send them a card.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Dec 2011, 12:58, Reply)

If you cared enough about them you'd send them a letter,
and not rely on an annual religious event to remind you.
(TheColonel, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 13:02, Reply)

You're right.
I'm a horrible person. Simply terrible, and selfish, and uncaring.
I'll go and think about what I've done, shall I?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Dec 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Why are you so angry at people spending a little bit of money
on letting others know they are thinking of them?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Because he's a prick?

(PsychoChomp, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 13:11, Reply)

I agree to a point.
Christmas cards are to send to people you don't see very often to remind them you are thinking of them. Not someone you see every bloody day.
( girlinthehole, Fri 16 Dec 2011, 13:13, Reply)