This may be a bit Scroogish of me to say, but I have always found writing out the Christmas cards to be a chore, a Christmas chore. I can’t remember if I wrote out Christmas cards before I was married, I don’t think so, since I was still living at home, my mother was still in charge of the card chore. My turn came when I got married, my side and his and the list has grown over the years to include our friends. I wonder if the baby girl will be writing out her Christmas cards or if she’ll have her future mate to do it.
I finished the pile today. I, for some reason, do it in groups, there are three; the Rolodex pile, the French family pile and the Blandford pile. I find splitting it up in three ways makes it seem less long. I went through four boxes of cards and I hope that I haven’t forgotten anyone. I usually figure it out once the cards start to trickle in, so I need to go out and grab a few more boxes of cards because I went through the extra’s from last year. This sounds like a lot, I know, but the boxes each only contained twelve cards so it only comes out to 48, I know that there must be a lot of people who send out many more than that.
Slowly but surely, the Christmas must do list is getting smaller. Hooray!
I always address all of the cards for my parents now, and the list has gotten shorter over the years. Me personally? nope, I send 3 cards….But I do agree with you, it is a chore. 🙂
I didn’t even think of my mother getting older and her list. I’m sure that my list will get shorter eventually, I’m glad that we are on the same page. 🙂
I do fewer and fewer as time goes on. This tear the kids made 12 each, so I’m sending 36 max this year.
I think Facebook has made the christmas card redundant, largely.
I know, you’re right about Facebook but I feel that crazy guilt about not sitting down and writing out the cards like I have been for the past twenty two years. So I will continue with the Christmas chore so the guilt monster doesn’t harass me. 🙂
I LOATHE Christmas card writing! It is the biggest chore of the year.
I think that we have achieved a consensus on the CHORE part of the Christmas card.
Seriously tho Tilly, when you sent a card with those malteasers when the Hub picked my joke to win (yay for the Hub)- it made my Christmas!
But, I can’t bring myself to start writing…
That one wasn’t a chore – but it was terribly painful 😀
I don’t have anyone to send cards to and my closets family lives close by..so I probably wont’ do any this year. If you give me your address in email I can do one for you and your family. 🙂