Holiday Blog

By Mad Mary

December 10, 2007 8:09 AM | Link to this

I send cards because I want cards. So many people are not sending them due to the cost of the cards and postage. Last year I took the most beautiful ones I received and saved them with my Christmas decorations. I will put them back on my fireplace this year.

By Charles L

December 10, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this

E-cards are an insult. I assume that I am on a bulk email list. If an e-card is all you can do, spare me the low opinion I assume you have for me and the low opinion I know I will hold for you.

By JJ

December 10, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

I wont even open an e-card. Goes directly into the trash file….I don’t care who sent it, it goes straight into the trash…..

By ageofpaper

December 10, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this

Nothing says happy holidays like a 8X10 printer paper Xmas card sitting on the mantle or the Christmas Tree, fa la la la how do spell cheap? I know grandma would just love as she throws it in the garbage.

By fk

December 10, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this

I love to receive holiday cards via “snail mail”, especially photo cards, and I don’t mind the photo copied generic letter. I send out a picture card, too, although I may have to pay my son to pose this year. Generally, I add a few handwritten lines to update our family news.

By Clayton Resident

December 10, 2007 9:06 AM | Link to this

I usually send out cards via snail mail at Christmas & like to receive them via snail mail as well.

The folks I usually send e-cards to (parents; close friends) also get a card via snail mail as well.

I won’t turn down an e-card tho, it is the thought that counts.

By Tom Robinson

December 10, 2007 9:26 AM | Link to this

someone sending you an e-card is a great way to get on spam lists

Why do you suppose those free sites that allow you to send e-cards exist. It is not to send e-cards but to COLLECT VERIFIED E-MAIL ADDRESSES TO SELL TO MARKETERS*

So when someone signs you up, the list aggregator knows that he now has two live addresses that he can resell

By Tina

December 10, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this

Ecards are beautiful. They can include animations,quality music, pictures and other documents. Paper cards get thrown in the trash after opening they are junk that adds to the clutter.

By Capt

December 10, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this

Some of my friends are for them and some of my friends are against them….I am with my friends.

By Chris

December 10, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

I don’t open Ecards unless I know the sender. There are a lot of people sending emails with malicious code (i.e. viruses) in attachments. These viruses may not cause your computer to crash, but they may look for strings of data that contain personal numbers like credit cards & checking accounts.
Ecards can be a good idea, but beware.

By Mel

December 10, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this

I like e-cards. I throw paper cards away after I read them. I’m not a “card person” anyways. 9 times out of 10 they’re terribly corny and/or sappy. I don’t have a mantle, and I’m not displaying them on the table, just to get knocked down by the wind every time I walk past it. I’m not tacking or taping them on my door, just to get a bill from my landlord for destroying property.

Anyways, I’m grateful that peoples took the time to send me an e-card. No one has to do anything for me. It’s nice to be thought of at any rate. I’ll still take a paper card, but the sender needs to know that it’s still getting thrown away.

By Smitty

December 10, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this

AJC.com is SNAIL MAIL. It takes forever to download this page, along with ALLLLLL the advertising……

By Craig

December 10, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this

E-cards suck causing you to get spammed incessantly from re-sellers. Hard copy cards are especially nice because if you are crafty, you can recycle those cards via decoupage (the art or technique of decorating something with cut-outs of paper, linoleum, plastic, or other flat material over which varnish or lacquer is applied). However, I find a happy medium when sending personal holiday emails about updated family news and happenings that I can just as easy decorate my email with animated holiday gifs and jpg images, which can easily be found at images.google.com then saving those images to your hard drive and inserting them into the the email for a more festive appearance.

By Stacey

December 10, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this

I don’t mind receiving an e-card for my birthday or for other occasions, but for the Christmas holiday, I love receiving the traditional card via mail. I use them to decorate — and it makes me feel good to know that someone thought enough of me and my family to send us a card.

By B2LG

December 10, 2007 2:53 PM | Link to this

I love e-Cards. The real thing can go in the trash for me. Out with the old in with the new.

By Michael

December 10, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this

I hate the things and delete them unread (or unclicked on). Same thing for forwarded jokes and political stuff. Somebody came up with a great name for this junk: “friendly fire spam”.

By Fred

December 10, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this

Only reason I like e-cards it because they tend to be more interactive and creative.

By Fred

December 10, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this

Only reason I like e-cards it because they tend to be more interactive and creative.

By shelly

December 11, 2007 7:47 AM | Link to this

I don’t like E-cards, they are not personal enough. I love to hold the cards in my hands, see the pictures of my family. I like the thought that goes into the cards sentiments. They are part of my Christmas decoration.

By hanako

December 11, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this

I too prefer the old school Xmas cards, but I do realize that not everyone has the ability (timewise, or sometimes financially) to send out a whole buttload of cards. Cards and postage can add up to a lot, especially if you have a lot of people to exchange with. So I don’t mind getting e-cards. But then again, I usually only get about 6 of those compared to almost 50 of the regular cards.

By LydiasDad

December 11, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

Cards are a HUGE waste of money.

By Dee

December 11, 2007 4:44 PM | Link to this

Like a few other bloggers stated above, “Receiving an old fashioned, genuine paper Christmas card means a lot” to many of us, it’s a big part of the fun of the Christmas season; the whole idea of “reaching out to someone” in order to stay in touch means a lot to most people. Yes, the cards and the postage costs have become outreageous, truly, but I hope to continue this centuries old tradition of exchanging Christmas cards in the mail as long as I live. I recall the sending and receiving of Christmas cards was one of my parents favorite things; they would d stay up very late one night, talking, laughing, having coffee, and they both would write a note inside the cards. By the way, I decorate my home with Nativity scenes, too…it’s the “reason for the season”.