I've always assumed that the tradition of sending cards would go out of fashion, but card shops still seem to flourish and supermarkets still stock them.
My father had a simple approach after Mum died - he didn't bother with cards at all.
Thursday, 18 December 2025
When Christmas card lists become shorter
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Wrote a few cards this year, that's all done ... I'll send a few ecards, that's it.
We've just lost a friend whose card had been posted to us before her unexpected death. We still exchange cards with the ex-wife of an old rugby friend of mine. We don't know whether he's still alive but we've not heard from him in years.
It occurred to me the other day: old friends from school I'm still in touch with: none. From university: one. From the rugby club: none. From our Australian days: none. From our NZ days: none.
On the other hand, from my last job: several. From my first job: several.
Mrs B does all our cards
She did point out recently that we haven't been invited to a wedding for a long time, and I had to remind her that we've reached the time of life where you go to more funerals than weddings
James - mine are all done too. It's a job I dislike but they are all done.
dearieme - I'm still in touch with a number of people from my last job as is Mrs H who still meets up with a friend from school. Chatting with a cousin the other day about relatives we haven't seen for decades - we realise that we may not hear if they have died.
Bucko - yes, funerals creep up on you like that. We've made our excuses for one or two because it becomes rather depressing.
A few years ago I bought a label printer to print address labels for Christmas cards. It saved a lot of time and was far neater than handwriting (which is becoming erratic through disuse).
The number of labels I print off every December is slowly reducing...
DJ - I wondered about doing something like that. Never got round to it but now we'd be at the same stage - fewer and fewer labels each year.
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