Remember Back When The U.S. Post Office Made Two Deliveries Per Day Around Christmas......

[global1]

just to deliver all the Christmas Cards that were sent around Christmas.

Those days are over. Every year the Christmas Cards I receive are getting sparser and sparser. I just got 10 this year. I used to get close to 100.

Too expensive now. Card prices are up and so are postage stamps.

I've made a decision only to send e-cards and only to people that sent me a card.

With the money I save on cards and postage - I make a donation to a charity.

[CrispyQ]

1. I haven't gotten or sent a Christmas card in years.

We used to get deluged with catalogs between October & New Years & now I can count the number on two hands. The new giant grocery store down the street doesn't have a magazine section anymore, although mags got so expensive I hardly bought them anymore. The online versions just don't cut it though. Same with the catalog companies. Going to their site & clicking randomly isn't the same as flipping through a catalog. Online greeting cards, however, are quite fun!

[CousinIT]

2. Important docu about how GOP systematically destroyed the USPS (and they still are)

https://freespeech.org/shows/the-great-postal-heist/

[Sneederbunk]

3. I can remember back when first class stamps were 3 cents.

Statue of Liberty stamps.

[SheltieLover]

4. I remember an am & pm usps delivery 6 days / week

[LoisB]

9. I should have read the replies; I just posted the same.

[LeftInTX]

5. I got 12 generic Christmas cards for $1.25 at Dollar Tree.

They come in handy if you need a card. I also have a box of cheap birthday cards that I bought years ago.



For an upgrade, they have some Hallmark cards on Target's website for $3.00 a box

[JI7]

6. Decrease in xmas cards has nothing to do with cost

It's been happening for decades now. It has more to do with the internet, new tech and people being able to connect directly and more often.

[onenote]

7. weird as hell to see nostalgia for the 1950s on DU

[LoisB]

8. I remember when mail was delivered twice a day, 6 days a week.