# How many Christmas/Holiday cards have or will you send out this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375 "2010-12-16T16:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/1 "2010-12-16T16:45:28Z")
Title pretty much describes the question. I dropped off 150 at the post office this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/2 "2010-12-16T17:00:50Z")
None. I will do a generic “happy holidays” status update on Facebook and call my closest friends and relatives. I have never been a Christmas card person. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/3 "2010-12-16T17:01:27Z")
Maybe 20. Maybe. ---
**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 16, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/4 "2010-12-16T17:35:29Z")
150! Zounds! I do about 45. I think that’s a lot 🙂 I always congratulate myself on hand-writing the addresses and writing all of the recipients’ names on the card and hand-signing. Then this year I got one card from a friend with an epic note inside, and another friend sent a beautiful hand-made card. I was delighted! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/5 "2010-12-16T17:39:55Z")
I did about 50 cards for years, but two years ago I stopped. The OP didn’t ask why (either way) but (1) nice cards (and postage) are expensive and (2) I realized I didn’t care whether or not I received any cards, so I figured probably other people don’t care either. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/6 "2010-12-16T18:22:16Z")
I think I have 15-20. These are personal ones, not business cards. Business contact stuff is up around 75. ETA: The OP’s numbers aren’t shocking to me if it includes business contacts. Because my industry does a lot of community outreach stuff, we generally send out some kind of card to industry associates and benefactors and such. The executives often send fruit baskets or other things to some of their contacts. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/7 "2010-12-16T18:25:02Z")
Oy! 150 cards. Wow! We send out about 50. Mainly to family. I like getting cards in return so I send out cards. My husband insisted on writing one of those silly notes for inside (the bragarific ones) which actually turned out to be good because it meant I had to handwrite less! After years on a computer, just writing ‘Merry Christmas,’ our names and their address leads to super duper hand cramps. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/8 "2010-12-16T18:32:29Z")
15-20. I’m debating whether to send one to my last girlfriend. Since she called to wish me Merry Christmas last year (and left a message), it’s probably OK. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/9 "2010-12-16T18:35:53Z")
Right near 120, I know because of the stamps. We used to send out closer to 200 but over the years we’ve lost track of a few friends and don’t have updated addresses for others. There probably were a few too that we had just kinda ‘moved on’ from, previous work or previous life, and eventually quit sending. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/10 "2010-12-16T18:45:52Z")
I don’t send out Christmas cards… or Christmas wishes. I guess I’m kind of a scrooge. I don’t even decorate for holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/11 "2010-12-16T19:00:34Z")
zero. I think we did about 25 last year. But I’m not in the mood. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/12 "2010-12-16T19:14:43Z")
I send about 60. I really like receiving them in return and consider putting them around the house decorating for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/13 "2010-12-16T19:22:34Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > I like getting cards in return so I send out cards. What’s funny is that I have a reputation in my family for being the uncommunicative one. But I always send cards. I usually hear from both my brother and sister “Oh, we’ll send yours out soon”, usually around December 26th. They never do. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/14 "2010-12-16T20:19:11Z")
I’ve done about 40 that I’ve handed out, but none that I’ve mailed. Those buggers just cost too much that way. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/15 "2010-12-16T22:27:10Z")
The 150 dropped off this morning were for family and friends. About half were local and half will go to people spread across the country. We’ll probably send out another 20-30 once we dig out addresses for those we couldn’t find over the last few days. My wife always makes a big production out of our card. This year it was tri-fold from “tiny prints” with a family photo on the cover and then about 6-7 other pictures of the kids on the other pages. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/16 "2010-12-16T22:30:34Z")
Probably about 60ish. They go all over the country, to family and to friends we’ve made in various locations. I like sending them, and I like getting them. We put them up on a wall near our kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/17 "2010-12-16T22:53:26Z")
None. I don’t particularly like getting pictures of other people’s kids (for instance - my cousin’s kid is really creepy looking but everyone talks about how OH HOW CUTE SHE IS!!!) I also very much dislike family newsletters. I don’t mind people sending me cards if they want but I’d prefer them without the kids/newsletters. Anyone who would get a card if I sent them out, is already in steady contact with me on facebook, which means they’ve seen my puppies, my house, my boyfriend, and they know all about what’s going on in my life. So, why bother? ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/18 "2010-12-16T22:56:24Z")
I don’t do cards. People know I don’t do cards. I get cards. I don’t think anybody misses my missing cards. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/19 "2010-12-17T00:49:49Z")
Zero. But I don’t send (or want, or expect) cards for anything usually, especially for events that I don’t celebrate. I’ve received two Christmas and one Kwanza card so far this year. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375/20 "2010-12-17T01:02:43Z")
About 50. I have nice spidery handwriting. I like to address the envelopes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-holiday-cards-have-or-will-you-send-out-this-year/564375.md?page=2)