# Christmas Cards

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 7, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352 "2011-12-07T05:13:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352/1 "2011-12-07T05:13:22Z")

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When do you mail your Christmas cards?

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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352/2 "2011-12-07T05:39:38Z")

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I have good intentions but no follow through. I may as well just mail Valentine’s cards.

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**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352/3 "2011-12-07T05:42:00Z")

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I send them in 2000. And if all goes well, maybe again in 2025 or so.

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**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352/4 "2011-12-07T05:48:48Z")

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I celebrate Christmas, but I don’t do Christmas cards.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352/5 "2011-12-07T05:56:41Z")

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I got one yesterday so I sat down and wrote mine and posted them.

So… Dec 5th.

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352/6 "2011-12-07T17:55:44Z")

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I haven’t sent any for the last few years (nice cards are expensive and so is postage) but when I did send them, I usually mailed them on the 15th.

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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cards/605352/7 "2011-12-07T20:26:49Z")

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When I was in college there was a fad there to send Christmas cards in the summer and mark them for two years e.g. I might send cards in July 2012 and mark them Merry Xmas 1911-1912.