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Shambala

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33. I quit social media several years ago

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 02:10 PM

15 hrs ago

(unless DU counts as social media) so I don't get to see family photos people usually post. It's nice to get a family photo Christmas card to see how friends' kids and grandkids are growing.

Speaking of letters, I was thinking last night of to whom and when i last physically wrote out and mailed a letter. I think it was 1983 or 84 I sent my last letter to a friend who had gone off to college. Crazy where the years have gone.

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Are Christmas cards no longer a thing? [View all] Shambala Monday OP

i get one from my cpa... ret5hd Monday #1

I got one from Sal's pizza. Shambala Monday #2

No longer a thing for most people Sanity Claws Monday #3

I get 1 back for every 3 I send Johonny Monday #4

Yeah, about the same return ratio for me Shambala Yesterday #21

Price Maninacan Monday #5

I've sent cards I got from Estate Sales the last 10 years. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #37

The younger families send cards with photos of them and their kids on them, i love them. dem4decades Monday #6

Yes I mostly get these types newdeal2 Monday #13

I have a couple of relatives that send Shambala Yesterday #22

A lot of people I know have stopped sending them completely, or send them only to their highplainsdem Monday #7

Mail delivery is not unreliable. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #38

I've received enough mail late and heard enough about USPS packages highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #41

I don't know where you live, but maybe your issue is local. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #42

I'm in the center of the country, but I've heard about problems like the ones I've run into both from highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #44

Cards and packages I sent out on 12/15 are just now being received 15 days later. Totally Tunsie 4 hrs ago #54

Not really. Ocelot II Monday #8

It requires hours and hours of work. Few women have the bandwidth Maru Kitteh Monday #9

I'm the one who does it in my house. I still believe it's important to my elder relatives. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #39

Not so much. Ms. Toad Monday #10

fewer every year, and not just people dying Skittles Monday #11

I guess it depends - on age, personal tradition, available time, number of friends and/or family NewHendoLib Monday #12

I still send them out to family and friends Bayard Monday #14

Most that i received this year, were from businesses BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #18

My wife and I send them ITAL Monday #15

My 88-year-old mother still sends Christmas cards. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #16

One of my cousins would not only tout the highlights of the past year Shambala 17 hrs ago #25

Yes Rebl2 17 hrs ago #27

I've always hated those "brag" cards. StarryNite 4 hrs ago #55

I havent mailed a card in years BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #17

I spent about $75 on postage alone. notinkansas Yesterday #19

Heathens. Trump will issue an executive order to restore this sacred tradition dalton99a Yesterday #20

Come to think of it I don't know if we got any this year fujiyamasan Yesterday #23

We haven't been able to coordinate a family photo to use on a card the past few years Shambala 17 hrs ago #24

I think Rebl2 17 hrs ago #26

Only family in other states to whom I'm including a Christmas check. tavernier 17 hrs ago #28

My wife and I have been sending fewer and fewer. Life in the Trumpocene has made us increasingly jaded and cynical. Borogove 16 hrs ago #29

Waste of money and paper in my opinion... FascismIsDeath 16 hrs ago #30

I had some custom ones made this year. gay texan 16 hrs ago #31

My wife and I are experiencing the same thing. patphil 16 hrs ago #32

I quit social media several years ago Shambala 15 hrs ago #33

Crazy where the years have gone. patphil 9 hrs ago #50

We got a ton of them this year bif 15 hrs ago #34

I stopped sending them six years ago. I don't blame people for dropping me off their list for not reciprocating theirs, chia 14 hrs ago #35

We just Zelle things Sympthsical 14 hrs ago #36

I still send them Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 14 hrs ago #40

People with kids send them Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #43

I like the custom photo cards Shambala 10 hrs ago #46

Yes and I'm glad. It became a chore. CTyankee 10 hrs ago #45

I don't do them. Haven't for years. JustKay 9 hrs ago #47

I send them out. Ecards don't do it for me. n/t valleyrogue 9 hrs ago #48

A few years ago i received an ecard Shambala 9 hrs ago #49

I sent a few this year, Pinback 8 hrs ago #51

Seems to be fading out vapor2 8 hrs ago #52

I haven't sent one in years, I got one from a doc03 7 hrs ago #53