So do you send people you know from work (that you don't hang out with outside of work) Christmas Cards?

Just a note, I don't hang out with anyone from work outside of work.

12/15/2010 8:15:14 PM

It really depends on the person. Some get a card and some get a flaming bag of dog poo.

Just try not to create a situation where half of the office is wondering why they didn't get cards after a series of seemingly arbitrary coworkers did.

12/15/2010 8:17:48 PM

yeah I've decided its easier if I don't give anyone at work Christmas Cards, that way there isn't stuff going on like described in the previous post.

I'm not sending any to my neighbors either, since I haven't spoken to either of them in a few weeks. Plus, one set of neighbors haven't been home in a while, I guess they're on a trip.

Friends & Family of those I have addresses of are getting cards this year. Maybe next year the list will grow (hopefully).

12/15/2010 9:41:18 PM

i just don't send christmas cards. i thought only old people did this.

12/15/2010 10:41:32 PM

I only send Christmas cards to family and very close friends.

12/15/2010 11:23:25 PM

I don't send Christmas cards.

I don't have my own family, not even a dog, and I'm not much to look at, so I just wish people a merry christmas one way or the other... or sometimes I don't, I guess.

12/16/2010 12:33:21 AM

They aren't sending you any cards, are they?
Didn't think so.

12/16/2010 2:10:01 AM

I've never sent cards before, so I"m doing that this year.

12/16/2010 7:33:59 AM

I think I stopped at 480-something.... I know too many people

(and no, I'd never dream of using a computer to print them - they MUST be hand addressed)

12/18/2010 11:34:16 PM

gooood gosh!

12/19/2010 1:33:24 AM

mass christmas cards are retarded

12/19/2010 9:21:45 AM

Unsurprisingly I see people shitting on sending Christmas Cards in here. My wife and I send out about 100 each year, usually just a photo card of us and our daughter, nothing elaborate. We usually get about the same back from other people and I truly enjoy getting the cards from others in the mail. Yeah I guess you could get all that same shit in electronic form, but it just seems to be part of the season/tradition having them in hand and on display.

I know the Christmas card tradition will slowly die as our generation and the upcoming generation are a bunch of lazy/cheap fucks.

12/19/2010 10:03:27 AM

^ Or perhaps we also consider the impact on the environment.

I think e-cards more than suffice.

12/19/2010 10:08:15 AM

Its nice getting a christmas card in the mail.

12/19/2010 10:11:13 AM

It's definitely nice. But my thought is that the decision not to send a card may simply indicate that the person prefers to conserve natural resources. They're not necessarily lazy/inconsiderate.

12/19/2010 10:15:54 AM

Very true. If someone isn't sending out cards at all for environmental reasons such as the one you stated, then its cool; if they don't send out cards b/c they're lazy, not cool.

I didn't in previous years because I was a selfish ass and didn't think of others. This is something I am changing.

12/19/2010 10:21:05 AM

Quote :

"Or perhaps we also consider the impact on the environment. I think e-cards more than suffice. "

I'm not going into in this thread because it is not the intent of the thread, but all this info about getting paperless bills, not sending Christmas cards, etc in order to "go green, save the environment" has never been proven. I like paperless bills because it is easier, not because I believe I am saving the environment. In Europe many companies have been forced to stop using the environment to justify people going paperless because there is no proof or science behind it.

Companies promote the shit out of it because it saves them money.



[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 10:34 AM. Reason : df]

12/19/2010 10:26:12 AM

^ That's true. Electronic publishing does save money. Obviously, there are environmental implications to every piece of communication distributed, whether via print or web.

That said, electronic touchpoints from a company tend to be much more efficient on many levels. Transactions happen much more quickly. There's no need to call into a call center, be placed on hold for 30 minutes, then talk to someone who's using a computer to do something that you could do at home by yourself. The energy that it takes to support a call center is another discussion itself.

The challenge with print is that it's a bit more difficult to quantify the energy expended to communicate a message. With web, that data is much easier to access.

Sorry to divert from the thread. Definitely a good conversation for the Soap Box.

I'm mostly just opposed to direct mail. And my rationale to not send Christmas cards is not based on the environment. I'm not Christian, so I simply don't really celebrate Christmas ... just partake in celebrations.

I always feel bad when I receive Christmas cards from people at work because I feel as though they expect a card in return. Makes me feel guilty.

12/19/2010 10:47:54 AM

I don't like the family photo cards. I mean, if it's like a pic of my nephew or other really close family, fine, but I really dont care what you and the rest of your family look like otherwise. I don't understand why people think 300 others care to see their kids in hideous holiday sweaters or all in white & khaki on the beach in summer with Santa hats on...

12/19/2010 10:53:56 AM

^ I like seeing as the kids grow up so I guess it is just different for different folks.

^^ I get the whole efficiency thing and gladly accept that as a very, very valid reason to go paperless. I am a papermaker, I manage a department that recycles 800 T of paper daily so I get a defensive on the "paper should be banned" crap coming from the tree huggers. There are pros and cons to everything.

You not being a Christian too is obviously a great reason to not do the Christmas card thing as well.

12/19/2010 12:16:54 PM

I don't send Christmas or any other holiday cards because I'm a man and men dont do that. It's womens work.

12/19/2010 1:15:47 PM

^^^ I like those types of cards

12/20/2010 9:18:19 AM