# Texting on holidays **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466 "2011-12-26T23:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/21 "2011-12-27T13:22:29Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Everyone in my phone that’s listed as a cell and a personal contact, yes. I get them too and am glad to. Huh. I’ve neither done this nor received such a text. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/22 "2011-12-27T17:22:40Z")
And from my aunt I got “this cost me ten cents” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/23 "2011-12-27T17:37:58Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > And from my aunt I got “this cost me ten cents” 😃 Good point, and that makes this even more obnoxious. I don’t expect a hand-crafted personalized card in the mail from people I know. But I do expect them not to just spam out a generic holiday greeting simply because I have the misfortune to show up in their address book. Particularly when they don’t know me well enough to know whether I have to pay per text or whatever. This just seems like a really juvenile and annoying practice, particularly when coupled with the OP’s obvious glee in getting back responses indicating that the recipient has absolutely no idea who he is and/or is annoyed by the message. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/24 "2011-12-27T17:48:24Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > This just seems like a really juvenile and annoying practice, particularly when coupled with the OP’s obvious glee in getting back responses indicating that the recipient has absolutely no idea who he is and/or is annoyed by the message. It’s slightly less annoying than telemarketers calling. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/25 "2011-12-27T18:04:51Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > And from my aunt I got “this cost me ten cents” 😃 And this is funny to you? My boss did this over xmas. I didn’t know this was a thing. I just ignored it. It costs me money to text; I don’t do it at random. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/26 "2011-12-27T19:01:43Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > And this is funny to you? It was funny to her. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/27 "2011-12-27T19:56:54Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Wait, what? You spam out a generic holiday text message to every person in your contacts list? Is this a thing that people do? Yeah! What do they think this is, Facebook?? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/28 "2011-12-27T20:53:30Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Yeah! What do they think this is, Facebook?? Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/29 "2011-12-27T20:54:25Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > It was funny to her. Well, true, it is kind of funny, but also not funny. 🙂 If you get my drift. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/30 "2011-12-27T21:09:07Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Huh? Just saying that people tend to do this on Facebook. The more friends you have, the more holiday greetings will spam up your newsfeed ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466/31 "2011-12-27T22:32:45Z")
I don’t send mass texts, but I have one friend who does. I will just respond you, too or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-on-holidays/607466.md?page=1)