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I do used Jacqui Lawerence and 123 greetings but they are no use if someone isn't an internet user

Some of my contacts are really elderly and only correspond by post so I send a card just to keep in touch

But don't get me wrong it's not costing me less it's just I prefer now to donate to the hospice who looked after my hubby rather than give the post office what I think is an exorbitant cost of postage

To me they have priced themselves out

A free site I use to send xmas, birthday or whatever celebration u want is
123.greetings.com .
Although I posted some 40 cards yesterday costing £22.oo roughly and then 9 smallish parcels and one large which cost £23.oo so all together £45.00.

however the last 2 years I haven't sent gifts just vouchers but this year decided to buy nieces and nephews things they wanted which I know they will love.
The e-cards are ok for the odd one or 2 but after 30 days you cant view them anymore, unlike keeping a real card etc...

Florence
in the hebrides

I make my cards and love sending them to people. I buy a book or two of stamps every so often, I didn't have to buy any specially for the cards this year. I also use J Lawson. Sylvis, I get a catch up letter from some friends via JL in one of the note cards. Quite a long letter.

Oh I also make contributions to a charity at christmas, as well as sending cards. I'll do it while I can afford it.

That sounds a good idea Kath .I will that for some of them but I do keep in touch with some old work colleagues who my family don't know

Would certainly cut the list down a bit more

Shirley,

When you send out the cards that you have to send this year,why not put a note on each one saying that this is the last card you are sending and that from next year you will give a donation to charity instead. Tell them that not getting a card from you doesn't mean you have popped your clogs,but that someone (family member) will hopefully let them know when you do!!

This year I have sent out around 35 cards in England and 8 abroad. Just worked out that I have spent around £40 on postage. Luckily I have bought a book of stamps on odd occasions throughout the year so it's only the ones going abroad that needed to be weighed that I have had to fork out for just lately. I would stop sending them but I like to receive cards myself so I can't really.

Kath. x

I also use Jacqui Lawrence for a lot of cards that I send ......... BUT you cannot send the letter that we send as an update every year.

We have stopped buying paper Christmas cards .......

......... we always used to buy UNICEF cards, on the principle that we were helping a charity. But they have got so expensive, especially when the postage is added on.

Apart from a few family cards, I use this site. It is done by subscription, currently £9.00 for one year and £13.00 for two. For that you can send as many cards as you like - so both cards and postage are virtually free.

Nearly as personal as a proper card, and a great deal kinder on the pocket. :-) :-)

https://www.jacquielawson.com/

We send out well over 100 cards a year, mostly to overseas ............ and we only have 1st class postage so no possible way to reduce that cost..

We used to add a letter to each card .... the cost of the cards plus postage got prohibitive. Plus add on the 10 calendars that we send to close family, all overseas

Last year we just sent out the letter, plus the calendars. That saved around £100+

This year, I have been going through the address list to find out how many email addresses we have ............. those people will get an email with letter attached.

We'll still have around 90 or so to mail, plus the calendars

It is the only contact we have with most people, but ................ the cost of the equivalent of £300 or more is getting too much.

Dear Shirley and Joan

Hello

I love sending cards but the postage is way over the top.

What I really dislike is folk who just type something like "Merry Xmas", etc to all on their different social media profiles. They make no effort to send any cards at all
and then expect YOU to send them a card.

Cheeky beggars!

Take gentle care
Best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

So I usually send around 65 cards
The postage is horrendous now so it's a bit prohibitive

I can hand deliver close famiiy but others need posting

Hubby passed away late October 2015 so Xmas wasn't really on the radar for xmas 2015 so I made a donation then to the hospice where he passed away as it's a charity with some NHS support did the same for Xmas 2016

have done the same this year and made a thread on Facebook telling family and friends

But I do have to send cards for those not on Facebook just in case they think she hasn't sent a card so has she popped her clogs too


;-)