# are Christmas cards less popular each year?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-christmas-cards-less-popular-each-year/477045 "2008-12-13T20:27:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-christmas-cards-less-popular-each-year/477045/1 "2008-12-13T20:27:04Z")

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How has the custom of sending Christmas cards changed over the past decade?

Does the Post Office deliver fewer items now that everyone has e-mail?  
anecdotal evidence would be interesting , too  
(I tried a quick google for “Christmas cards +mail volume” but didn’t get any obvious answers)

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**Author:** ![Ruminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Ruminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruminator)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-christmas-cards-less-popular-each-year/477045/2 "2008-12-13T20:44:09Z")

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I used some different keywords and found the relevant articles to your question…

google “christmas cards decline email”  
[http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=“christmas+cards”+decline+email](http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=%22christmas+cards%22+decline+email)

Your question was narrow in scope but I think you can generalize that _all_ handwritten communication via USPS snail mail has declined (wedding invitation RSVP, etc)