Do men send christmas cards?

decides2dream

Get_Right wrote:

that would be my wife's job

otherwise it wouldnt get done

and this is how my christmas card list got cut in half.
i decided if mr. dream didn't send cards to friends/family before we got married, why am i doing so now? even my own friends/family....vastly reduced list. i figure if i see you often, no need for a card - except immediate/close family. only friends far away and truly dear get cards, sometimes with little *extras* but not always. i now mail out less than 50. tis a beautiful thing. also, to me cards should be 'personal' with a hand-written message. part of why i desapise photo cards - and this is from a photographer - is firstly, the crap pics ...but more importantly, no handwritten message! preprinted message/names....computer labels...so just have to stuff an envelope and put on a stamp...where's the thought?


i WILL say, we do get a few cards from single men, always have. we have one friend, also an artist, who makes up a new design each year....always fun! and sure, someone from here whp apparently enclosed bootlegs in cards....hmpf.

mookie9999

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

haha now that is a photo card I wouldn't mind getting! I hate getting all those cards with people's families...like I get it and I'm like "ok, what am I supposed to do with this now, frame it?" or "oh ok, the kid is now a year older. fantastic. I thought she may have stayed the same age as last year. good to see she progressed."

I want to get one of those from a bitter family on the verge of collapse:

Timmy, now constantly says 'fuck' cause his daddy can't stay away from the OTB or strip joints. Speaking of Carl, that fat bastard, he was laid off again this year. So for the 7th consecutive year his New Year's resolution will be to maintain a steady job longer than he maintains an erection (lord knows those last far too long with his blue pills). Still no word from our lovely daughter, Abigail. Last we heard she was heading to Vegas to marry her ex-con boyfriend. Although upsetting at times, it does bring a tear to my eye as many of you know that's how I met Carl. Well I must be off to my third job. Lord knows those trucks don't clear the snow by themselves. Wish me luck and send crank if you have it. All my best,

The Johnsons.

smarchee

I am single. I will not send out any Christmas Cards.

If I have a gf/wife, and she encourages it, I will

pretty simple

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mookie9999 wrote:

I want to get one of those from a bitter family on the verge of collapse:

Timmy, now constantly says 'fuck' cause his daddy can't stay away from the OTB or strip joints. Speaking of Carl, that fat bastard, he was laid off again this year. So for the 7th consecutive year his New Year's resolution will be to maintain a steady job longer than he maintains an erection (lord knows those last far too long with his blue pills). Still no word from our lovely daughter, Abigail. Last we heard she was heading to Vegas to marry her ex-con boyfriend. Although upsetting at times, it does bring a tear to my eye as many of you know that's how I met Carl. Well I must be off to my third job. Lord knows those trucks don't clear the snow by themselves. Wish me luck and send crank if you have it. All my best,

The Johnsons.

i swear....

that sounds like my best friends.....

and im serious.....

PJGARDEN

Solat13 wrote:

I've done so for at least 3 or 4 years now. And for my close board friends, I usually include a bootleg or video bootleg along with the Christmas card.

Need anymore close board friends?

QuarterToTen

unfortunately, sending christmas cards by either sex is quickly becoming a forgotten tradition.

and its a shame really. an email or an e-card should not replace a heartfelt, handwritten note.
call me old fashioned.

Get_Right

decides2dream wrote:

and this is how my christmas card list got cut in half.
i decided if mr. dream didn't send cards to friends/family before we got married, why am i doing so now? even my own friends/family....vastly reduced list. i figure if i see you often, no need for a card - except immediate/close family. only friends far away and truly dear get cards, sometimes with little *extras* but not always. i now mail out less than 50. tis a beautiful thing. also, to me cards should be 'personal' with a hand-written message. part of why i desapise photo cards - and this is from a photographer - is firstly, the crap pics ...but more importantly, no handwritten message! preprinted message/names....computer labels...so just have to stuff an envelope and put on a stamp...where's the thought?


i WILL say, we do get a few cards from single men, always have. we have one friend, also an artist, who makes up a new design each year....always fun! and sure, someone from here whp apparently enclosed bootlegs in cards....hmpf.

well I did send a few before we got married-especially to my lady firends
but she gets into it, orders custom cards also from a local artist, keeps an electronic list etc.....its her thing-and she does hand write each and every one.

Im lucky, she likes it.

GreenTeaDisease

decides2dream wrote:

and this is how my christmas card list got cut in half.
i decided if mr. dream didn't send cards to friends/family before we got married, why am i doing so now? even my own friends/family....vastly reduced list. i figure if i see you often, no need for a card - except immediate/close family. only friends far away and truly dear get cards, sometimes with little *extras* but not always. i now mail out less than 50. tis a beautiful thing. also, to me cards should be 'personal' with a hand-written message. part of why i desapise photo cards - and this is from a photographer - is firstly, the crap pics ...but more importantly, no handwritten message! preprinted message/names....computer labels...so just have to stuff an envelope and put on a stamp...where's the thought?


i WILL say, we do get a few cards from single men, always have. we have one friend, also an artist, who makes up a new design each year....always fun! and sure, someone from here whp apparently enclosed bootlegs in cards....hmpf.

good for you d2d! a wife who doesn't act like her husband's mother!

I am somewhat of an amatuer photographer- well at least I know how to take a good photo, get exposures right, etc, and I actually TRY to do so-and the CRAP that people send out to everyone they know baffles me. It's like oh, there's baby suzi, with red eye.

Brain of J.Lo

I don't even send christmas cards, and I'm a girl.

mookie9999

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

i swear....

that sounds like my best friends.....

and im serious.....

That's pretty sad!

GreenTeaDisease

mookie9999 wrote:

I want to get one of those from a bitter family on the verge of collapse:

Timmy, now constantly says 'fuck' cause his daddy can't stay away from the OTB or strip joints. Speaking of Carl, that fat bastard, he was laid off again this year. So for the 7th consecutive year his New Year's resolution will be to maintain a steady job longer than he maintains an erection (lord knows those last far too long with his blue pills). Still no word from our lovely daughter, Abigail. Last we heard she was heading to Vegas to marry her ex-con boyfriend. Although upsetting at times, it does bring a tear to my eye as many of you know that's how I met Carl. Well I must be off to my third job. Lord knows those trucks don't clear the snow by themselves. Wish me luck and send crank if you have it. All my best,

The Johnsons.

actually, that card would probably be breath of fresh air compared with all the usual ones I get!

mookie9999

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

actually, that card would probably be breath of fresh air compared with all the usual ones I get!

A little bit of honesty never hurt anybody, right?!?!

decides2dream

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

good for you d2d! a wife who doesn't act like her husband's mother!

I am somewhat of an amatuer photographer- well at least I know how to take a good photo, get exposures right, etc, and I actually TRY to do so-and the CRAP that people send out to everyone they know baffles me. It's like oh, there's baby suzi, with red eye.

i have never, nor will i ever....remotely take on the role of 'mommy' for my husband. yikes!


and yes, the average pic of the rugrats...human or animal....are quite sad. the average person can't take a pic to save their life, hahaha.....and they just look at who's in the pic, are they in christmas garb...and that's it. not to say that on occasion i haven't gotten a great pic, but more often than not....nope. and yes, i quite honestly am not interested in any pics of people's family for my holiday greetings, but that's me.


so yes, i send cards to those dear to me who i will not see in person during the holidays, maybe not at all during the year period! if hubby would like to do so, he surely can....but beyond a card for me....it's nevr happened yet. i DO however, send cards to his dad, bro, sis and 1 aunt...just because.

decides2dream

double post!

decides2dream

damn....triple post!


but here...

Get_Right wrote:

well I did send a few before we got married-especially to my lady firends
but she gets into it, orders custom cards also from a local artist, keeps an electronic list etc.....its her thing-and she does hand write each and every one.

Im lucky, she likes it.

i like it too, otherwise i'd not do it. however, to send cards to his and mine distant relatives, all his firneds, most of whom we see regularly, etc....nah, i don't like it that much. funny too, almost all the years of our marriage, we got rather *known* for our cards, b/c i always send a particular photogrpaher's work. i think everything to do with the holidays should truly be done with love, b/c you WANt to, b/c you enjoy doing so, sharing/giving, etc. thus why i vastly reduced my list....b/c if it ain't fun, i'm not doing it for the holidays.

i will say i finally got the avery label program - in the past i just had a blank label template for generic labels - and i truly enjoyed updating my address labels this year. haha.

eyedclaar

I barely acknowledge that other people actually exist. I’m certainly not sending anyone a card…

jamainiac

I just finished printing off a crapload of 'Happy Holiday' letters... complete with all of us... Me... Sennin & the kids... in a lovely autumn setting photo... with santa hats drawn on... on the top of the letter... with a couple of little elf graphics on each side...

a little message about what's happened during the year... hopes and wishes for Happy Times & Good Health & Cheer and All That...

...

and then I see this...

:(


*LOL* !

hahha...

now I'm going to enjoy stuffing them into the envelopes even more

reversedarwinism

I bet some single gay dudes do.

Get_Right

decides2dream wrote:

damn....triple post!


but here...






i like it too, otherwise i'd not do it. however, to send cards to his and mine distant relatives, all his firneds, most of whom we see regularly, etc....nah, i don't like it that much. funny too, almost all the years of our marriage, we got rather *known* for our cards, b/c i always send a particular photogrpaher's work. i think everything to do with the holidays should truly be done with love, b/c you WANt to, b/c you enjoy doing so, sharing/giving, etc. thus why i vastly reduced my list....b/c if it ain't fun, i'm not doing it for the holidays.

i will say i finally got the avery label program - in the past i just had a blank label template for generic labels - and i truly enjoyed updating my address labels this year. haha.

gotta show off the rugrat, I think thats why she loves to do it

GreenTeaDisease

Get_Right wrote:

gotta show off the rugrat, I think thats why she loves to do it

ugh.