Yes. Once again, I agree with 100%. In fact, I pre-emptively agree with you -- I gave up sending out cards years ago, when living in Britain multiplied the effort involved. So now people don't expect them, and that is such a blessing. We, all of us, just don't need another rock on our chests in December. You are absolved!
I can relate to kids being born too close to the holidays for comfort. Those years when I gave birth and was having none of the X-mas card burden, I did Valentines. There are years where I think I really should just shift the mass mailing to February when all of it would be easier, and who doesn't like getting Valentines? But now my kids are the ones who make the cards, and they want there to be X-mas greetings in the mail. This year my oldest designed a card with a bird and made all the stencils, and cranked out a hundred cards for me, so how can I not fill them in and send them? When the last of my sentimental brood moves out, I think I'm switching over to the Valentine idea.
Ha! You captured it perfectly! Isn't it amazing how much guilt can go into such a stupid thing as whether or not people will turn on me if I don't send a card! For three years I didn't, but for some reason this year, I felt the need to connect. I am not promising it will happen again next year.
Just love it! Every year Steve says are we doing Xmas cards and I always say no I hate doing them. This year I thought I had an excellent excuse for us. People won't open them because of covid, they will be afraid of who has touched them. Thought we were golden. But not to be Here we are Dec. 20th and Steve is still making cards, He creates them himself and puts a special message hand written in each one. I will only participate by putting produced sticker labels for addresses and return address. My contribution!
Yes. Once again, I agree with 100%. In fact, I pre-emptively agree with you -- I gave up sending out cards years ago, when living in Britain multiplied the effort involved. So now people don't expect them, and that is such a blessing. We, all of us, just don't need another rock on our chests in December. You are absolved!
Yes indeedy 😱
I feel like you are in my head expressing exactly how I feel about holiday cards!! Love it!
You make me laugh so much—I totally relate to all of this.
I can relate to kids being born too close to the holidays for comfort. Those years when I gave birth and was having none of the X-mas card burden, I did Valentines. There are years where I think I really should just shift the mass mailing to February when all of it would be easier, and who doesn't like getting Valentines? But now my kids are the ones who make the cards, and they want there to be X-mas greetings in the mail. This year my oldest designed a card with a bird and made all the stencils, and cranked out a hundred cards for me, so how can I not fill them in and send them? When the last of my sentimental brood moves out, I think I'm switching over to the Valentine idea.
Ha! You captured it perfectly! Isn't it amazing how much guilt can go into such a stupid thing as whether or not people will turn on me if I don't send a card! For three years I didn't, but for some reason this year, I felt the need to connect. I am not promising it will happen again next year.
Just love it! Every year Steve says are we doing Xmas cards and I always say no I hate doing them. This year I thought I had an excellent excuse for us. People won't open them because of covid, they will be afraid of who has touched them. Thought we were golden. But not to be Here we are Dec. 20th and Steve is still making cards, He creates them himself and puts a special message hand written in each one. I will only participate by putting produced sticker labels for addresses and return address. My contribution!