# How many X-mas cards you got this year...by email? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 24, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-x-mas-cards-you-got-this-year-by-email/478534 "2008-12-24T12:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-x-mas-cards-you-got-this-year-by-email/478534/1 "2008-12-24T12:00:40Z")
It seems to be the trend to send out cards just by e-mail this year. Although I applaud the saving of trees for cardboard, glue and little sparklies, my “lookie lookie at how many cards I got” line is a little bare this year. 🙂 Anyone else get most of their cards by e-mail this year? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-x-mas-cards-you-got-this-year-by-email/478534/2 "2008-12-24T12:17:22Z")
None, which lagged far behind my snail mail receipt of one. It just seems that if you save them for a year and send them back with the names crossed out and reversed, people think you aren’t taking Christmas seriously - except mum and dad. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-x-mas-cards-you-got-this-year-by-email/478534/3 "2008-12-24T12:53:03Z")
I’m not sure, but I think maybe 5 cards. However, since I don’t send any out, that is a large number. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-x-mas-cards-you-got-this-year-by-email/478534/4 "2008-12-25T00:13:57Z")
I got two. Neither was a relative I cared to hear from, but I think Mom sent both of them cards with my name signed to them. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-x-mas-cards-you-got-this-year-by-email/478534/5 "2008-12-25T00:23:53Z")
Nil. My rellies can’t figure out email. Upside- no glurge ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-x-mas-cards-you-got-this-year-by-email/478534/6 "2008-12-25T01:31:07Z")
None. Maybe because there was a virus alert awhile back, warning about e-cards. I did get a few cute e-mail jokes with a Christmas theme. One of them was a photo of a hunky guy in a Christmas setting. “Scroll down to see Santa’s willy!” Yeah, I scrolled down. “For God’s sake…Act your age… there is no Santa!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-x-mas-cards-you-got-this-year-by-email/478534/7 "2008-12-25T15:39:13Z")
As an experiment, I sent out 22 Christmas cards, all were sent the Friday after Thanksgiving. My goal was to see how many I would get in return. I got 2, one from my brother and his wife and the other from a cousin and his wife. I included my email address in the cards and received no emails from anyone. As of right now, my card list for next year has gotten very short.